salt marshes

A form of salt marsh — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of salt marsh
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