glasswort

English

Etymology

glass +‎ wort

Noun

glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts)

1. Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
2. Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
   1. Species of the European genus
   2. Species of the Australian genus
   3. (Parish's glasswort)
   4. (glasswort buckwheat)
   5. Kali turgida, formerly
3. Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
   1. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
   2. golden samphire (, now )

Synonyms

• (Salicornia): marsh samphire

Derived terms

• American glasswort ()
• bead glasswort ()
• beaded glasswort ()
• blackseed glasswort ()
• common glasswort ()
• dwarf glasswort ()
• glasswort buckwheat ()
• jointed glasswort (Salicornia)
• Pacific glasswort ()
• Parish's glasswort ()
• perennial glasswort ()
• prickly glasswort (Kali turgida)
• purple glasswort ()
• shrubby glasswort ()
• slender glasswort ()
• thick-head glasswort ()
• Virginia glasswort ()
• woody glasswort ()

Translations

any plant of the genus Salicornia

• Finnish: suolayrtti (fi)
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plant of the genus Sarcocornia

• Finnish: suolasormikki (fi)
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plant of the genus Tecticornia

• Finnish: nivelsarvi (fi)
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Arthrocnemum subterminale

• Finnish: suolasormio (fi)
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Eriogonum salicornioides

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Kali turgida

• Finnish: meriotakilokki (fi)
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Crithmum maritimum — see rock samphire

Inula crithmoides — see golden samphire

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• Armenian: ^{(please verify)} բալախ (hy) (balax)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} солянка f (soljanka)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჩოღანო (čoɣano)
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• Maori: ^{(please verify)} ureure
• Tajik: ^{(please verify)} калимаи шиша (kalimayi šiša)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} llyrlys m, ^{(please verify)} gwydrlys m, ^{(please verify)} cali m, ^{(please verify)} corn carw'r môr m