English Explanatory Dictionary

glasswort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
  2. Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
  3. Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
  4. Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
  5. Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
  6. Kali turgidum
  7. Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
  8. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
  9. golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)

Pronunciation

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Word forms

glasswort glassworts

Etymology

From glass + wort.

Synonyms

marsh samphire

Derived words

American glasswort beaded glasswort bead glasswort blackseed glasswort common glasswort dwarf glasswort glasswort buckwheat jointed glasswort Pacific glasswort Parish's glasswort perennial glasswort prickly glasswort) purple glasswort shrubby glasswort slender glasswort thick-head glasswort Virginia glasswort woody glasswort
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