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1. glasswort
   [n] - fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers
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2. Glasswort
   Glass'wort` noun (Botany) A seashore plant of the Spinach family ( Salicornia herbacea ), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family ( Salsola Kali ), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
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3. glasswort
   <botany> A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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4. glasswort
   kelpwort noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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5. Glasswort
   • (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
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6. glasswort
   any of about 30 species of succulent herbs constituting the genus Salicornia, of the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae). They are annual plants native ...
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7. Glasswort
   Glasswort (marsh-samphire, saltwort) are plants of the genus Salicornia, family Chenopodiaceae. They are succulent marine herbs growing abundantly on the coasts of southern Europe and north Africa. When burnt their ashes yield soda which was once used in making glass, hence the name glasswort.
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8. Glasswort
   europaea`` (common glasswort). The common name `glasswort` came into use in the 16th century to describe plants growing in England whose ashes could be used for making soda-based (as opposed to potash-based) glass.<ref name="Turner">Turner, William (1995). A New Herball: Parts II and...
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