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

"It was found to be saltish to the taste, and to dissolve readily in water."

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

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

Wild greens were plentiful; some resembled those at the Cape of Good Hope, "and may be used in place of wormwood;" others were long and saltish, and like sea parsley.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew

The waters of the Ocean became saltish owing to the curse of a Rishi.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan