salt-bearing

Updated: June 25, 2025

He saw only an expanse of low shagginess that might have been scrub growths of any kind. Dug into the salt-bearing ground at intervals, he knew, were the fire weapons ready to throw oxygen and synthetic napalm jellied gasoline. Never yet had they been discharged, along this defense line. But you could never be sure just what might be necessary here. A man of about thirty had approached.

Raymond Z. Gallun - The Planet Strappers