salt-tolerant plants
nounUK /sɔːlt ˈtɒlərənt plɑːnts/
US /sɔlt ˈtɑlərənt plænts/
Plants that can live and grow even when the soil or water has a lot of salt in it.
Salt-tolerant plants grow well near the beach where the ground is salty.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Crops bred or chosen to grow in salty farm fields.
Farmers planted salt-tolerant plants to use land that was too salty for wheat.
3. Plants used to clean or restore salty soil.
Scientists use salt-tolerant plants to help heal damaged farmland.
4. Garden plants that survive when salty water splashes on them.
Gardeners near the sea pick salt-tolerant plants for their flower beds.