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Webster 1913 Edition

Glasswort

Glass′wortˊ

,
Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glasswort

GL`ASSWORT

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

glasswort

glasswort

English

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 Sarcocornia
    2. Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
    3. Arthrocnemum subterminale
    4. Eriogonum salicornioides
    5. Kali turgida, formerly Salsola kali
  3. Other plants called samphire.
    1. rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum
    2. golden samphire, Inula crithmoides

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Etymology

glass +‎ wort

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