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rock samphire

rock samphire proper noun: crithmum maritimum (sea fennel), native to temperate seacoasts of Europe.

rock samphire: crithmum maritimum (sea fennel), native to temperate seacoasts of Europe
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Proper noun

rock samphire (countable and uncountable, plural rock samphires)

  1. Crithmum maritimum (sea fennel), native to temperate seacoasts of Europe.

Forms of rock samphire

pluralrock samphires

Questions about rock samphire

What does rock samphire mean?
Rock samphire means crithmum maritimum (sea fennel), native to temperate seacoasts of Europe.
What part of speech is rock samphire?
Rock samphire is a proper noun.

Words near rock samphire in the dictionary

  1. rock ruby
  2. Rock Run
  3. rock salmon
  4. rock salt
  5. rock salts
  6. rock samphire
  7. rock samphires
  8. rock sandwort
  9. rock scorpion
  10. rock scorpions
  11. rock sea lavender

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