an umbelliferous plant, Crithmum maritimum, of Eurasian coasts, having fleshy divided leaves and clusters of small greenish-white flowers
2. golden samphire
3. another name for glasswort (sense 1)
4.
any of several other plants of coastal areas
Word origin
C16 sampiere, from French herbe de Saint Pierre Saint Peter's herb; perhaps influenced by camphirecamphor
Examples of 'rock samphire' in a sentence
rock samphire
There is another samphire called rock samphire.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The next course demands crabs, shrimp, cockles, sea beet and rock samphire.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
After the cockles come some greens: salty rock samphire, curling sea beet and fat ribbons of seaweed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It contains slimming ingredients including rock samphire and red algae extract, which increase lipolysis - the process that breaks down fat deposits in the body.
The Sun (2013)
Rinse the sea beet and marsh and rock samphires to remove dirt and excess salt.