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saltmarsh

saltmarsh is the alternative form 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

Forms of saltmarsh

pluralsaltmarshes

Phrases with saltmarsh

Questions about saltmarsh

What is saltmarsh the alternative form of?
Saltmarsh is the alternative form of salt marsh.

Words near saltmarsh in the dictionary

  1. saltly
  2. saltmaker
  3. saltmakers
  4. saltmaking
  5. Saltman
  6. saltmarsh
  7. saltmarsh sparrow
  8. saltmarsh sparrows
  9. Saltmarshe
  10. saltmarshes
  11. saltmine

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