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salt marsh

salt marsh noun: a marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.

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Noun

salt marsh (plural salt marshes)

  1. A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
    • After a succession of short runs through the salt marshes and vineyards of Languedoc, linking together many towns of considerable size, the "Catalan" joins the P.L.M. main line at Tarascon, [...].1961 December, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750
    Synonyms:
    salting

salt marsh meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

salt marsh in Tamil

உவர்சேற்று நிலம், உவாச்சேற்று நிலம்

salt marsh in Urdu

شورہ زار

salt marsh in Telugu

marsh of saline water
ఉప్పుపర్ర uppuparra

Synonyms of salt marsh

Forms of salt marsh

pluralsalt marshes
alternative formsaltmarsh

Origin of salt marsh

From Middle English saltmarsh, saltmerssh, saltmersch, saltmerch, saltmersk, equivalent to salt + marsh.

Words formed from salt marsh

Questions about salt marsh

What does salt marsh mean?
Salt marsh means a marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
What is salt marsh in Tamil?
Salt marsh in Tamil is உவர்சேற்று நிலம், உவாச்சேற்று நிலம். See Salt marsh meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is salt marsh?
Salt marsh is a noun.
What is the plural of salt marsh?
The plural of salt marsh is salt marshes.

Words near salt marsh in the dictionary

  1. salt lick
  2. salt licks
  3. salt line
  4. salt lines
  5. Salt March
  6. salt marsh
  7. salt marsh elder
  8. salt marsh hay
  9. salt marsh hays
  10. salt marsh moth
  11. salt marsh moths

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