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glassworts

glassworts is the plural of glasswort.

Meaning of glasswort

Noun

glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts)

  1. Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
    Synonyms:
    marsh samphire
  2. Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
  3. Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
  4. Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
  5. Kali turgidum
  6. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)

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Questions about glassworts

What is glassworts the plural of?
Glassworts is the plural of glasswort.

Words near glassworts in the dictionary

  1. glassworking
  2. glassworks
  3. glassworm
  4. glassworms
  5. glasswort
  6. glassworts
  7. glassy
  8. glassy carbon
  9. glassy feldspar
  10. glassy feldspars
  11. glassy-eyed

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