bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[ Syn: barilla , glasswort , kali , kelpwort , salsola kali , salsola soda ]
low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
[ Syn: batis maritima ]