saltish

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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2017

Salsaginous, sal-saj′i-nus, adj. saltish: growing in brackish places.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The water is perfectly clear, has a saltish taste, and at the spring is not unlike weak broth, though it has a disagreeable odor.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver

The sisters led the way, and the very saltish man followed.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

Why does a bottle of fresh water, corked and let down 30 or 40 feet into the sea, often come up again with the water saltish, although the cork be still in its place?

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 by Various