Glasswort

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass wordnet
  3. 3
    Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.; Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash wordnet
  5. 5
    Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.; Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort) countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.; Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat) countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.; Kali turgidum countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.; rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.; golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides) countable, uncountable

Etymology

From glass + wort.

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