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glasswort
[ glas-wurt, -wawrt, glahs- ]
noun
- any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking.
glasswort
/ ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːt /
noun
- Also calledmarsh samphire any plant of the chenopodiaceous genus Salicornia, of salt marshes, having fleshy stems and scalelike leaves: formerly used as a source of soda for glass-making
- another name for saltwort
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Origin of glasswort1
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Example Sentences
The jointed glasswort Salicornia is here meant, not the true sampire, the crithmum maritimum.
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