Definition of "halophytes" [halophytes]

• Plural form of halophyte. (noun)

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• "Boeing and UOP announced an initiative, with the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group consortium and the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, to examine the overall potential for sustainable, large-scale production of biofuels made from salicornia bigelovii and saltwater mangroves - plants known as halophytes - a project that evolved into the Masdar initiative."
• "Plants adapted to living in saline environments are known as halophytes ( "salt lovers")."
• "Boeing Commercial Airplanes MD-Environmental Strategy Billy Glover testified to a House of Reprepresentatives panel investigating the potential of biofuels that Boeing has indentified jatropha, camelina and halophytes "in the near term" as strong candidates for aviation biofuels and has targeted algae as a feedstock "in the longer term", according to a report from Air Transport World. saltwater-tolerant crops, known as halophytes, were the focus in a Science magazine story about the potential to increase the world's irrigated acreage up to 50 percent by increasing reliance on and research in salt-tolerant agriculture."