any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
Word origin
C19: from Late Latin, perhaps from Latin sal salt + cornu a horn
Examples of 'salicornia' in a sentence
salicornia
Rhizobacteria and mycorrhiza in the study have potential for use as growth promoters in salicornia.
Edgar Omar Rueda Puente, F. Beltran, F. Ruiz, R. Valdez, J. Garcia, N. Avila, L. Partida,B. Murillo 2010, 'OPCIONES DE MANEJO SOSTENIBLE DEL SUELO EN ZONAS ARIDAS: APROVECHAMIENTO DE LA HALÓFITASalicornia bigelovii (Torr.) Y USO DE BIOFERTILIZANTES EN LA AGRICULTURA MODERNA',Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystemshttp://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/442. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Salicornia brachiata can serve as substantially important plant species for phytoremediationof heavy metals at lower concentrations in saline areas.
Anubha Sharma1* Iti Gontia-Mishra2, Ashwani Kumar Srivastava1 2011, 'Toxicity of Heavy Metals on Germination and Seedling Growth of Salicornia brachiata',Journal of Phytologyhttps://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/jp/article/view/2291. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Halophytes classified under the common name of salicornia colonize salty and coastal environments across tidal inundation gradients.
Ramona Marasco, Francesca Mapelli, Eleonora Rolli, Maria Jose Mosqueira Santillan,Marco Fusi, Paola Bariselli, Muppala Reddy, Ameur Cherif, George Tsiamis, Sara Borin,Daniele Daffonchio, Daniele Daffonchio 2016, 'Salicornia strobilacea (synonym of Halocnemum strobilaceum) Grown Under DifferentTidal Regimes Selects Rhizosphere Bacteria Capable of Promoting Plant Growth', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01286/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)