jumen.
/dʒuːm/ A species of glasswort ( Salicornia) found on the seacoast of South America, which on being burnt yields a large amount of carbonate of soda.
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18.. J. Ball in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XXI. 233 Gume.
1877 Schnyder Contrib. Fl. Argent. 28 Jume, native name for many Chenopodiaceous species growing in salt-marshes in Argentina.
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia ii. 18 A straggling, stunted bush, the jume, which grows here in considerable quantities.
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