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Halophyte

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A halophyte is a plant that grows in waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. [1]

27 relations: Alcohol fuel, Anemopsis, Atriplex, Attalea speciosa, Barley, Bean, Biodiesel, Crop, Date palm, Halotolerance, Hydathode, International Air Transport Association, List of Hindawi academic journals, Mangrove, Panicum virgatum, Plant, Rice, Salicornia, Salicornia bigelovii, Salinity, Scientific American, Seawater, Sodium chloride, Spartina, Spartina alterniflora, Tetragonia tetragonioides, Wet season.

Alcohol fuel

Alcohols have been used as a fuel.

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Anemopsis

The monotypic genus Anemopsis has only one species, Anemopsis californica, with the common names yerba mansa or lizard tail.

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Atriplex

Atriplex is a plant genus of 250–300 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (or orach).

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Attalea speciosa

Attalea speciosa (babassu, babassu palm, babaçu, cusi) is a palm native to the Amazon Rainforest region in South America.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Bean

A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.

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Biodiesel

Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl (methyl, ethyl, or propyl) esters.

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Crop

A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.

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Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit.

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Halotolerance

Halotolerance is the adaptation of living organisms to conditions of high salinity.

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Hydathode

A hydathode is a type of pore, commonly found in angiosperms, that secretes water through pores in the epidermis or leaf margin, typically at the tip of a marginal tooth or serration.

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International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of the world’s airlines.

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List of Hindawi academic journals

This is a list of academic journals published by Hindawi.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Panicum virgatum

Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Salicornia

Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves.

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Salicornia bigelovii

Salicornia bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common names dwarf saltwort and dwarf glasswort.

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Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water (see also soil salinity).

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Scientific American

Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine.

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Seawater

Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean.

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Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.

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Spartina

Spartina, commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes.

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Spartina alterniflora

Spartina alterniflora, the smooth cordgrass, saltmarsh cordgrass, or salt-water cordgrass, is a perennial deciduous grass which is found in intertidal wetlands, especially estuarine salt marshes.

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Tetragonia tetragonioides

Tetragonia tetragonioides, commonly called New Zealand spinach and other local names, is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family (Aizoaceae).

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Wet season

The monsoon season, is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halophyte

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