| 单词 | glasswort |
| 释义 | glasswort (once / 695254 pages) n WORD FAMILY glasswort USAGE EXAMPLESThough a humble enough plant in itself, the samphire, or glasswort, is the source of a wonderful glory in our marshes in the autumn. Parsons, Mary Elizabeth, The Wild Flowers of California: The...(2012) Salsola Kali, an allied plant with rigid, fleshy, spinous-pointed leaves, which was used for the same purpose, was known as prickly glasswort. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Also a Salicornia, or jointed Glasswort, or Saltwort, or Crabgrass, is sold as Samphire for a pickle, in the Italian oil shops. Fernie, William Thomas, Herbal Simples Approved for Modern...(2010) 1n bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash Syn|Hyper Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, kali, kelpwort, saltwort bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems 2n fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass Syn|Hyper Salicornia europaea, samphire herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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