glasswort
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
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