pickleweed

noun pick·le·weed \ˈpi-kəl-ˌwēd\

Definition of PICKLEWEED

: any of several succulent plants having leaves often reduced to scales or sheaths: as

a : glasswort

b : a shrub (Allenrolfea occidentalis) of the goosefoot family growing in moist saline soils of the southwestern United States

c : saltwort 2

circa 1925

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