saltbush
Noun
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Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil (synset 111851375)
subtypes:
- atriplex hymenelytra, desert holly - handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
- atriplex lentiformis, quail brush, quail bush, white thistle - spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
belongs to: atriplex, genus atriplex - orach; saltbush
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