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Definition of Glasswort
1. Noun. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass.
Group relationships: Genus Salicornia, Salicornia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Glasswort
1. 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.
Definition of Glasswort
1. Noun. The plant of the genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass. ¹
2. Noun. Any of the edible plants called samphire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glasswort
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Medical Definition of Glasswort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glasswort
| glasynge glatt glauber's salts glauberite glaucarubin glaucescent glaucic glaucic acid glaucine |
Literary usage of Glasswort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"... nor of surf, to which bulrushes are adapted, nor of high winds, in response
to which the switch-plants have taken F1G. 120. glasswort. ..."
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