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glasswort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glasswort has 2 senses
- glasswort(n = noun.plant) barilla, kali, kelpwort, salsola kali, salsola soda, saltwort - bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash; Array is a kind of bush, shrub
- glasswort(n = noun.plant) salicornia europaea, samphire - fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass; Array is a member of genus salicornia, salicornia
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
glasswort, n.
A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea ), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali ), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glasswort, n. any plant of the genus Salicornia or Salsola formerly burnt for use in glass-making.
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