glasswort
glasswort noun: any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Noun
glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts)
- Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
- Synonyms:
- marsh samphire
- Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
- Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
- Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
- Kali turgidum
- rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
- golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
Synonyms of glasswort
- marsh samphire
Forms of glasswort
| plural | glassworts |
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Origin of glasswort
From glass + wort.
Words formed from glasswort
- American glasswort
- beaded glasswort
- bead glasswort
- blackseed glasswort
- common glasswort
- dwarf glasswort
- glasswort buckwheat
- jointed glasswort
- Pacific glasswort
- Parish's glasswort
- perennial glasswort
- prickly glasswort)
- purple glasswort
- shrubby glasswort
- slender glasswort
- thick-head glasswort
- Virginia glasswort
- woody glasswort
Questions about glasswort
- What does glasswort mean?
- Glasswort means any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
- What part of speech is glasswort?
- Glasswort is a noun.
- What is the plural of glasswort?
- The plural of glasswort is glassworts.
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