BLACK SALTWORT

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Meaning:

A small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers

Synonyms:

black saltwort; Glaux maritima; sea milkwort; sea trifoly

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("black saltwort" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("black saltwort" is a member of...):

genus Glaux; Glaux (sea milkwort)

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