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Saltbush

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsɒltbʊʃ

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
  2. Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood)
  3. Baccharis halimifolia

Equivalents

Españolarmuelle
DeutschMelde
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Българскилобода
Catalàblet moll
Češtinalebeda
Esperantoatriplo
Suomimaltsa
עבריתמלוח
Italianobietolone
Қазақ тілікөкпек
Македонскилобода
Nederlandsmelde
Polskiłoboda
Portuguêsarmoles
Românălobodă
Русскийлебеда
SlovenščinaLoboda
Türkçekara pazı
Українськалобода
O'zbekchaolabuta

Examples

The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush.”
The blasting music, not reduced one notch, continues to flow beautifully into the static of the surrounding saltbush, conveying the aura of the religiously spiritual in all worlds.”

CEFR level

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