noun
a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers
• Syn: ↑sea milkwort, ↑sea trifoly, ↑black saltwort
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Glaux, ↑genus Glaux
Useful english dictionary. 2012.