MEANING
A coastal wetland with salt-tolerant vegetation, regularly influenced by tidal salt water.
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- coastal saltmarsh
- saltmarsh vegetation
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Saltmarsh bordered the estuary.
The path skirted a coastal saltmarsh.
Saltmarsh vegetation bent in the wind.
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- saltmarsh
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular saltmarsh; plural saltmarshes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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