/sawlt"werrt', -wawrt'/ , n.
any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, esp. belonging to the genus Salsola, of the goosefoot family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
[ 1560-70; trans. of D zoutkruid, equiv. to zout salt + kruid herb. See SALT 1 , WORT 1 ]