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salt cedars

salt cedars is the plural of salt cedar.

Meaning of salt cedar

Noun

salt cedar (plural salt cedars)

  1. The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
    1. Tamarix ramosissima, an tamarisk plant native to Eurasia, considered invasive in the Southwest United States.
      • Until recently, a visit to the Colorado River’s delta, below Morelos Dam, would be met with a mostly dry barren desert sprinkled with salt cedar and other undesirable invasive plant species. Today, that arid landscape is broken up with large areas of healthy riparian habitat filled with cottonwood...2022 October 27, Julia Morton, “Restoration Efforts in the Colorado River Delta are Working”, in Audubon

Questions about salt cedars

What is salt cedars the plural of?
Salt cedars is the plural of salt cedar.

Words near salt cedars in the dictionary

  1. salt cat
  2. salt cave
  3. salt caves
  4. Salt Cay
  5. salt cedar
  6. salt cedars
  7. salt cellar
  8. salt cellars
  9. salt chuck
  10. salt chucks
  11. salt clay

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