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Samphire

//ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia) 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
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia); Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Borrichia arborescens (tree seaside tansy) of the West Indies. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Any plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible; Plants of genus Tecticornia countable, uncountable

Etymology

Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre (Saint Peter), the patron saint of fishermen who often harvested the plant.

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