glasswort

Noun
  1. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves;
    Burned to produce a crude soda ash (synset 111855123)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    same as: barilla, kali, kelpwort, salsola kali, salsola soda, saltwort
  2. Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;
    Formerly used in making glass (synset 111854741)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: genus salicornia, salicornia - glassworts
    same as: salicornia europaea, samphire

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