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glasswort
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GLASSWORT
n.A plant, the Salsola, of several species, all which may be used in the manufacture of glass. The Barilla of commerce, is the semifused ashes of the Salsola soda, which is largely cultivated on the Mediterranean in Spain.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GLASSWORT
GLASSWORT Glass "wort `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
glasswort
glass wort |ˈglasˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈɡlæswərt | ▶noun a widely distributed salt-marsh plant with fleshy scalelike leaves. The ashes of the burned plant were formerly used in glassmaking. Also called samphire. [Genus Salicornia, family Chenopodiaceae: several species. ]
Oxford Dictionary
glasswort
glass |wort |ˈglɑːswəːt | ▶noun a widely distributed salt-marsh plant with fleshy scale-like leaves. The ashes of the burnt plant were formerly used in glass-making. ●Genus Salicornia, family Chenopodiaceae: several species.
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