salt marsh

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

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, [...].

• salting

• salt-marsh caterpillar
• salt marsh elder
• salt-marsh hen
• salt marsh moth
• salt-marsh terrapin

• salt marsh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “salt marsh”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.