batis

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	batis maritima, saltwort,
definition	:	low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	batidaceae, family batidaceae, saltwort family,
definition	:	family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts (noun.plant)