saltbush

Etymology

From salt +‎ bush.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒltbʊʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/

Noun

saltbush (countable and uncountable, plural saltbushes)

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.
   • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 4:

     The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush.