| NOUN | plant | glasswort, saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda | bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves |
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| plant | glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea | fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers |
| Meaning | bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. | |
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| Synonyms | saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda | |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | barrilla, kelpwort | |
| Catalan | kelpwort, Salsola kali | |
| Meaning | fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass. | |
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| Synonyms | samphire, Salicornia europaea | |
| Member of | Salicornia, genus Salicornia | glassworts |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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