glasswort

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noun

1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves;
burned to produce a crude soda ash
• Syn:
saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
2. fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;
formerly used in making glass
• Syn:
samphire, Salicornia europaea
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Salicornia, genus Salicornia