Salt-marsh definition
Low coastal grassland frequently overflowed by the tide.
noun
Grassland that is periodically flooded by salt water.
noun
A marsh in which the water is saline, especially a coastal wetland that has halophyte vegetation and is regularly flooded at high tide. Coastal salt marshes help to preserve the shoreline by accommodating storm tides.
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.
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Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of salt-marsh -
saltmarsh
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
salt-marsh
Plural:
salt-marshes