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Glasswort definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GL`ASSWORT, 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, glasswort, 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: glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: from its former use in the manufacture of glass Date: 1597 any of a genus (Salicornia) of woody jointed succulent herbs of the goosefoot family with leaves reduced to fleshy sheaths — called also pickleweed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any plant of the genus Salicornia or Salsola formerly burnt for use in glass-making.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Saltwort, marsh-samphire (Salicornia herbacea).