Usually means: Plant adapted to saline environments.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (saltwort)

noun:  Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
noun:  Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
noun:  Salsola and related genera within the subfamily Salsoloideae
noun:  Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
noun:  Tecticornia spp.
noun:  Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
noun:  Halogeton spp.
noun:  Of the family Bataceae
noun:  Batis spp.
noun:  Especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
noun:  Of the family Primulaceae (primroses).
noun:  Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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