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Definition of glasswort in English: glasswortnoun ˈɡlɑːswəːt A widely distributed salt-marsh plant with fleshy scale-like leaves. The ashes of the burnt plant were formerly used in glass-making. Genus Salicornia, family Chenopodiaceae: several species Example sentencesExamples - It would have been a great convenience if everyone had agreed long ago to call marsh samphire by its alternative name glasswort (given because it used to be burned to provide alkali for glass-makers).
- Finally, I drove eastwards towards Sheppey, past Funton Creek, where reptilian glasswort plants replenish seed-stocks for hungry wildfowl, to Bedlam's Bottom to enjoy a glowing sunset.
- Salicornes (glasswort in English) are these wild little plants that grow in salt marshes.
- So I repaired to slightly higher ground away from the bank, found a nice black mangrove to provide some shade and plopped down on a bed of glasswort.
Definition of glasswort in US English: glasswortnoun A widely distributed salt-marsh plant with fleshy scale-like leaves. The ashes of the burned plant were formerly used in glass-making. Genus Salicornia, family Chenopodiaceae: several species Also called samphire Example sentencesExamples - So I repaired to slightly higher ground away from the bank, found a nice black mangrove to provide some shade and plopped down on a bed of glasswort.
- It would have been a great convenience if everyone had agreed long ago to call marsh samphire by its alternative name glasswort (given because it used to be burned to provide alkali for glass-makers).
- Salicornes (glasswort in English) are these wild little plants that grow in salt marshes.
- Finally, I drove eastwards towards Sheppey, past Funton Creek, where reptilian glasswort plants replenish seed-stocks for hungry wildfowl, to Bedlam's Bottom to enjoy a glowing sunset.
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