Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Glasswort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glasswort \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glasswort
n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having
prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn:
{saltwort}, {barilla}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola
kali}, {Salsola soda}]
2: fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary
scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;
formerly used in making glass [syn: {samphire}, {Salicornia
europaea}]
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