Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of maritime plants, of the natural order Chenopodiaceæ, now reduced to a section of Atriplex.
- noun [lowercase] Atriplex Halimus, a well-known plant of the south European coasts.
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Examples
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Further out there is a belt of Salsola vermiculata, Traganum nudatum and Atriplex halimus, which indicates that the soil is less salty and might be cultivated.
Saharan halophytics 2008
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This includes several species from the genera Suaeda, Salsola, Limonium and Arthrocnemum, as well as Atriplex halimus, Anabasis articulata, and Haloxylon articulatum.
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Nutritive values for A. nummularia and A. halimus are high.
Chapter 9 1990
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In Israel and North Africa, a Mediterranean species, A. halimus, has proven hardier than A. nummularia or A. canescens.
Chapter 9 1990
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The importance of long-term adaptation studies has been demonstrated in Iran, where extensive plantings of A. halimus and A. lentiformis suffer from a disease not found in their native habitats.
Chapter 9 1990
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A. halimus has been grown irrigated with a nutrient solution containing 3.0 percent sodium chloride.
Chapter 9 1990
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(malluah, from melah, "salt") most probably denotes the Atriplex halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the shores of the Dead Sea, as also of the Mediterranean, and in salt marshes.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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