Glasswort - Glass wort n Bot A seashore plant of the Spinach ...

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Glass"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) 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.

The noun has 2 senses

1. glasswort, samphire, Salicornia_europaea -- fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
2. saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola_kali, Salsola_soda -- bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

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