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salicornia
/ ˌsælɪˈkɔːnɪə /
noun
- any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salicornia1
C19: from Late Latin, perhaps from Latin sal salt + cornu a horn
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Example Sentences
Our last example of the sea-side chenopods is the Glass Wort (Salicornia), which thrives in salt marshes.
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Salicornia, sal-i-kor′ni-a, n. a genus of apetalous plants—the glass-wort, marsh-samphire.
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In one of them, we saw Salicornia for the first time, which led us to believe that the salt water was close at hand.
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Salicornia and Binoe's Trichinium grew round the dry ponds, and along the small water-courses, into which the tide flowed.
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Salicornia and Binoe's Trichinium indicated the neighbourhood of salt water; but the grass was good and mostly young.
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