salicornia
/ (ˌsælɪˈkɔːnɪə) /
any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
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Our last example of the sea-side chenopods is the Glass Wort (salicornia), which thrives in salt marshes.
The Sea Shore | William S. Furneauxsalicornia, sal-i-kor′ni-a, n. a genus of apetalous plants—the glass-wort, marsh-samphire.
In one of them, we saw salicornia for the first time, which led us to believe that the salt water was close at hand.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardtsalicornia and Binoe's Trichinium grew round the dry ponds, and along the small water-courses, into which the tide flowed.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardtsalicornia and Binoe's Trichinium indicated the neighbourhood of salt water; but the grass was good and mostly young.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
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