1) Comestible vegetable 2) Comestible veg 3) Comestible leafy vegetable 4) Comestible leafy veg 5) Culinary vegetable 6) Edible leafy vegetable 7) Edible vegetable 8) Edible vegetable leaf 9) Edible leaf 10) Edible veggie 11) Edible leafy veg 12) Edible veg 13) Formerly used in making glass 14) Food for a herbivore
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(in Australia) any plant of the tribe Salicorniae (chenopodiaceae), e.g. Sarcocornia, Halosarcia, Sclerostegia; or a community dominated by one or more of these species.
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Samphire is a name given to a number of distinct edible plants that grow in some coastal areas. ==Etymology== Originally `sampiere`, a corruption of the French `Saint Pierre` (Saint Peter), samphire was named for the patron saint of fishermen because all of the original plants with its name grow in rocky salt-sprayed regions along the sea coas...
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• (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. • (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. • (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.Samphire: wor...
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<botany> A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. 'Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!' (Scak) ... The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); called in England marsh samphire. ... A seashore shrub (Borrichia arb...
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Sam'phire noun [ French l'herbe de
Saint Pierre . See
Saint , and
Petrel .]
(Botany) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (
Crithmum maritimum ). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. « Hang...
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Samphire (Crithmum) is a genus of perennial plants of the family Umbelliferae. The common samphire (rock-plant) has umbels of yellow flowers and makes an excellent pickle.
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Perennial plant found on sea cliffs and coastlines in Europe. The aromatic, salty leaves are fleshy and sharply pointed; the flowers grow in yellow-green open clusters. Samphire is used in salads, or pickled. (
Crithmum maritimum, family Umbelliferae.)
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