different between coastal vs saltwort

English

Etymology

coast +? -al

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: coas?tal
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??st?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?st?l/
• Rhymes: -??st?l

Adjective

coastal (comparative more coastal, superlative most coastal)

1. (geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze

Coordinate terms

• littoral

Derived terms

• coastal waters
• Suffolk Coastal
• tricoastal

Translations

Anagrams

• salacot

English

Etymology

salt +? wort (“plant”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??lt.w??t/, /?s?lt.w??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?lt.w??t/, /?s?lt.w?t/

Noun

saltwort (countable and uncountable, plural saltworts)

1. Batis maritima, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
2. Glaux maritima, a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms

• (Batis maritima): beachwort

Derived terms

• black saltwort
• prickly saltwort

Anagrams

• warlotts