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.

Exact synonyms: Barilla, Kali, Kelpwort, Salsola Kali, Salsola Soda, Saltwort
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.
Exact synonyms: Salicornia Europaea, Samphire
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

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glasswort

glasynge
glatt
glauber's salts
glauberite
glaucarubin
glaucescent
glaucic
glaucic acid
glaucine

Literary usage of Glasswort

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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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