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glasswort

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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

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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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

glasswort, n. any plant of the genus Salicornia or Salsola formerly burnt for use in glass-making.

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