transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpi-kəl-ˌwēd ]
noun
Date: circa 1925
: any of several succulent plants having leaves often reduced to scales or sheaths: as
a. : glasswort
b. : a shrub ( Allenrolfea occidentalis) of the goosefoot family growing in moist saline soils of the southwestern United States
c. : saltwort 2