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glass·wort 
[glas-wurt, -wawrt, glahs-] Pronunciation Key
[glas-wurt, -wawrt, glahs-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of several plants of the genus Salicornia, of the goosefoot family, having succulent stems with rudimentary leaves, formerly used, when burned to ashes, as a source of soda for glassmaking. |
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| glass·wort
(glās'wûrt', -wôrt') Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various plants of the genus Salicornia, growing in salt marshes and having fleshy stems and rudimentary, scalelike leaves. Also called samphire. [From its former use in making glass.] |
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| glasswort | |
noun | |
| 1. | bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: saltwort] |
| 2. | fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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