barilla

See also: Barilla

English

Salsola soda (barilla plant) is a plant from which barilla (carbonate of soda) was made.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barrilla.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

barilla (countable and uncountable, plural barillas)

1. (botany) Any of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash, such as Soda inermis.
2. The alkali produced from the plant, an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching.
3. Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
   • 1860, Andrew Ure, Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, page 252:

     Good barilla usually contains, according to Dr. Ure's analysis, 20 per cent. of real alkali, associated with muriates and sulphates, chiefly of soda, some lime, and alumina, with very little sulphur.

Derived terms

• barilla plant
• copper barilla

Further reading

• barilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• air ball, airball