salt tree

noun

Definition of salt tree

1 : a small tree (Halimodendron argenteum) of the family Leguminosae growing in the Caspian salt plains and Siberia

2 : an East Indian tamarisk (Tamarix orientalis) with frequently salt-encrusted twigs

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