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salt marshes

salt marshes is the plural of salt marsh.

Meaning of salt marsh

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

Questions about salt marshes

What is salt marshes the plural of?
Salt marshes is the plural of salt marsh.

Words near salt marshes in the dictionary

  1. salt marsh elder
  2. salt marsh hay
  3. salt marsh hays
  4. salt marsh moth
  5. salt marsh moths
  6. salt marshes
  7. salt meat
  8. salt meats
  9. salt mine
  10. salt mines
  11. salt myrtle

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