kelpwort

kelpwort
noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Syn: ↑saltwort, ↑barilla, ↑glasswort, ↑kali, ↑Salsola kali, ↑Salsola soda
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

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ˈkelpwort
[f. kelp1 + wort.]
Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 2), (Br. & Holl.).

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