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KELPWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kelpwort mean?
• KELPWORT (noun)
The noun KELPWORT has 1 sense:
1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Familiarity information: KELPWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
barilla; glasswort; kali; kelpwort; Salsola kali; Salsola soda; saltwort
Hypernyms ("kelpwort" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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