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Meaning of nitre bush | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any flowering plant of the genus Nitraria, family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

nitre goosefoot nitre of potash nitrefazole nitrendipine nitrene nitrenium