salt marsh

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See also: saltmarsh

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  • saltmarsh (about twice as common as salt marsh in British English)

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From Middle English saltmarsh, saltmerssh, saltmersch, saltmerch, saltmersk, equivalent to salt +‎ marsh.

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salt marsh (plural salt marshes)

  1. 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.
    • 1961 December, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750:
      After a succession of short runs through the salt marshes and vineyards of Languedoc, linking together many towns of considerable size, the "Catalan" joins the P.L.M. main line at Tarascon, [...].

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