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noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
Kali turgidum
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
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noun
Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
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noun
fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: samphire, Salicornia europaea
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From glass + wort.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
