A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

salsus,-a,-um (part.A): salted, salt, saline, compar. salsior,-ius (adj.B), superl. salsissimus,-a,-um (adj.A) [> L. salio (sallio), salsum, 3. to salt down, to salt salted, salt];

- vadum saltum (adj.B), a salt body of water.

- fluctus saltus, the salt tide, salt water.

- guttae salsae, salty drops.

- lacrimae salsae, salt tears.

- prope lacum salsum Inderienseni (DeCandolle), near the salt lake Inderiensis.

- algae semper marinae et maria salsiora praeferentes, raro loca sole exposita inhabitantes (Agardh), an algae that is always marine and preferring the more salty seas, rarely inhabiting places exposed to the sun.

- in locis salsis udis imperii Ruthenici (DeCandolle), in wet, salty places of the [autonomous region of Rhuthenia].

- in palustribus salsis Sibiriae (DeCandolle), in the saline swamps of Siberia.

- in praeruptis limosis ad lacum salsum Inderiensem deserti Kirghisorum (DeCandolle), in the muddy cliffs on the salt lake Inderiensis of the desert of the Kirghisi.

- [Nuphar advena] in fossis et lacubus aquae dulcis et etiam aquae salsae in America bor.— (DeCandolle), in the waterways and lakes of fresh water and also of salt water in North America [borealis].

- mare salsissimum, the Dead Sea.

- aqua salsa,-ae (s.f.I), ‘salty or salted water;’ see brine.

- species 1, regionis Mediterráneae incola, praesertim in maritimis salsisque frequens (B&H), species 1, a dweller of the Mediterranean region, primarily in maritime and salty places.

- [Cheiranthus salinus] ad Sibiriae, Tatariae salinas (DeCandolle), at the saltworks of Sibiria, Tataria.

- in desertis salsis Sibiriae, in arena mobili Tauriae (DeCandolle), in the salt deserts of Sibiria, in the shifting sand [desert] of Tauria [Taurasia].

- in [sc. locis] maritimis salsis (DeCandolle), in maritime [i.e. places near the sea], saline places.

- in [sc. locis] salsis pascuis Bohemiae (DeCandolle), in the saline pastural places of Bohemia.

- [alga] in stagnis aquae subsalsae prope Cromer in Ängliae (Braun), in a somewhat salty pool near Cromer in England.

- [Florideae; alga] Algae semper marinae et maria salsiora praeferentes, raro loca sole exposita inhabitantes, obscuriora vel aperti maris vel sinuum non nimium seclusorum praeoptantes, plurimae rupicolae aut in vicinia rupium aliis parasitae (Agardh), marine algae always preferring the more salty seas, rarely places exposed to the sun, more hidden, preferring rather either of the open sea or of not too secluded bays, most being rock-dwellers or parasitic on others in the vicinity of rocks.

- [taste] salsus sapor linguam non admodum calfacit, sed acriter siccando corradit. Hic imprimis elucet in sale communi (Ray), ‘salty’ taste does not quite heat the tongue, but strongly irritates [it] by dessicating. This especially shows itself in common salt.

Cochlearia salsa “salsuginosa” (DeCandolle), growing in places inundated with salt water.

Salsola L., Saltwort, “salty, from the Latin salsus” (Fernald 1950); Russian Thistle, “they are generally salt-soil plants, often prickly but not true thistles. Chenopodiaceae” (Stearn 1996); salsoloides (adj.A), resembling Salsola: Linum salsoloides; salsolifolius,-a,-um (adj.A), with the leaves of Salsola: Eriostemon salsolifolia.

salsoloideus,-a,-um (adj.A): resembling Salsola;

- fruticulus rigidus, salsoloideus, suberectus v. diffusus (B&H), a small shrub, rigid, resembling Salsola, nearly erect or defuse.

NOTE: not salio,-ui, saltum, 4, to leap, spring, bound, jump.