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Definition of Glassworts
1. glasswort [n] - See also: glasswort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glassworts
| glasynge glatt glauber's salts glauberite glaucarubin glaucescent glaucic glaucic acid glaucine glaucocerinite |
Literary usage of Glassworts
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)
"glassworts. One of these salt-marsh plants, ... glassworts are abundant in salt
marshes along the Atlantic ocean and occur at various points inland. ..."
2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"glassworts. One of these salt-marsh plants, the glass- wort, is a curious, ...
glassworts are abundant in salt marshes along the Atlantic ocean and occur at ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"It is л parasitical plant, which is found adhering to the roots of glassworts,
sodas, and other shrubs; and it is indigenous not only to Egypt, ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1850)
"Among our freshwater plants are the glassworts, always submerged, covering the
bottoms of ponds, forming favourite haunts of the trout and carp, and, ..."
5. My Devon Year by Eden Phillpotts (1903)
"Within the arm of my sand-dunes extend spaces that only vanish at highest tides;
and here, in shining plantations decked with shells, grow the glassworts. ..."
6. My Devon Year by Eden Phillpotts (1904)
"Within the arm of my sand-dunes extend spaces that only vanish at highest tides;
and here, in shining plantations decked with shells, grow the glassworts. ..."
7. Fire Effects Information System: User's Guide by William C. Fischer, Melanie Miller, Cameron M. Johnston, Jane K. Smith (1998)
"On the Coastal Plain, saltmeadow cordgrass, saltgrass, glassworts, and black rush
dominate the upper marsh [32,36,49]. WILDLIFE : Atlantic coast saltmarshes ..."
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