salˈsōlə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Italian, a plant of the genus Salsola, from salso salty, from Latin salsus — more at sauce
: a large genus of mostly Old World herbs or shrubs of the family Chenopodiaceae with variously shaped often prickly leaves and small greenish flowers whose 4- to 5-parted perianth remains investing the utricle — see barilla , russian thistle , saltwort