glasswort
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts)
- Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
- Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
- Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
- Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
- Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
- Kali turgidum
- Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
Synonyms edit
- (Salicornia): marsh samphire
Derived terms edit
- American glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
- bead glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- beaded glasswort (Salicornia quinqueflora, syn. Sarcocornia quinqueflora)
- blackseed glasswort (Tecticornia pergranulata)
- common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
- dwarf glasswort (Salicornia bigelovii)
- glasswort buckwheat (Eriogonum salicornioides)
- jointed glasswort (Salicornia spp.)
- Pacific glasswort (Salicornia pacifica, syn. Sarcocornia pacifica)
- Parish's glasswort (Arthrocnemum subterminale)
- perennial glasswort (Salicornia perennis, syn. Sarcocornia perennis)
- prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, Salsola kali))
- purple glasswort (Salicornia ramosissima)
- shrubby glasswort (Tecticornia arbuscula)
- slender glasswort (Salicornia maritima)
- thick-head glasswort (Salicornia blackiana, syn. Sarcocornia blackiana)
- Virginia glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
- woody glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
Translations edit
any plant of the genus Salicornia
plant of the genus Sarcocornia
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plant of the genus Tecticornia
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Arthrocnemum subterminale
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Eriogonum salicornioides
Kali turgida
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Crithmum maritimum — see rock samphire
Inula crithmoides — see golden samphire
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