salsola Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts
    genus Salsola.

WordNet

Sal"so*la noun
Etymology
NL., fr. L. salsus salt, because they contain alkaline salts.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Webster 1913