What is another word for saltbush?

Pronunciation: [sˈɒltbʊʃ] (IPA)

Saltbush is a perennial shrub that is commonly found in the arid regions of the world. There are several synonyms that can be used to refer to this plant. Some of these include bluebush, sea-blite, Australian saltbush, and shrubby glasswort. Bluebush is a term often used in Australia to refer to saltbush, while sea-blite is commonly used in America. Australian saltbush, on the other hand, is a term often used to describe the plant's origins. Lastly, shrubby glasswort is a term that is used to refer to saltbushes that grow in saline areas. Regardless of its name, the saltbush is an important plant that has been adapted to thrive in harsh environments.

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What are the hyponyms for Saltbush?

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  • hyponyms for saltbush (as nouns)

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Usage examples for Saltbush

A considerable quantity of saltbush of various kinds around the lake and on the flats, with some polygonum on the flooded flats; innumerable pigeons.
"McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia"
John McKinlay
Arrived at Luncheon Place at ten minutes past 12, and started again twenty minutes to 4, and travelled to east end of lake, bearing 202 degrees till 4.17; then course of 27 degrees over exceedingly high and abrupt sandhills with poor miserable flats between them; towards the end of our day's journey over a rather more flat country with large dry beds of lakes or swamps, as dry as ashes with a salt-like appearance, the only vegetation being a few scattered bushes of samphire and an occasional saltbush-a more dreary country you could not well imagine.
"McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia"
John McKinlay
No great abundance of feed here nor is the country so good as has been passed, having a very desert and sterile appearance with a jumble of sandhills, flooded land, and a considerable quantity of samphire bushes, large saltbush, polygonum, and other shrubs.
"McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia"
John McKinlay

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