Suaeda

noun

Su·​ae·​da

süˈēdə

: a genus of herbs and shrubs (family Chenopodiaceae) bearing fleshy terete leaves and small flowers with a persistent 5-lobed perianth see burroweed, sea blite, seepweed

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Arabic suwayd

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