glasswort.
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Meaning & usage
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash. Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash. Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash. Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash. Kali turgidum
Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire. golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
Where this word comes from
From glass + wort.
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