saltgrass noun2 •American grass of species Distichlis spicata, that can tolerate alkali and salty conditions.Palmer parted the towering saltgrass and pickleweed downwind of the elk. — 2009 •Similar salt-tolerant species in the genus Distichlis.The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater. — 2012 formssaltgrasses
