pickleweed

noun pick·le·weed \ ˈpi-kəl-ˌwēd \

Definition of pickleweed

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

a : glasswort

b : a shrub (Allenrolfea occidentalis) of the goosefoot family growing in moist saline soils of the southwestern U.S.

c : saltwort 2

Recent Examples of pickleweed from the Web

Water slowly snakes inland to flood the ground peppered with plugs of native pickleweed seeds, and ducks dive for emerging aquatic bugs.

— National Geographic, "How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance," 13 June 2017

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