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samphire

UK/ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/

samphire noun: plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia).

Noun

samphire (countable and uncountable, plural samphires)

  1. Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia)
  2. Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
  3. Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum).
  4. Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides).
  5. tree seaside tansy (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
  6. Plant of the species Gomphrena vermicularis
  7. Plants of genus Tecticornia

samphire meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

samphire in Tamil

மலைச் செடிவகை

samphire in Tagalog

Borrichia arborescens
dampalit

Forms of samphire

pluralsamphires

Origin of samphire

Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre (Saint Peter), the patron saint of fishermen, who often harvested the plant.

Phrases with samphire

Questions about samphire

What does samphire mean?
Samphire means plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia).
What is samphire in Tamil?
Samphire in Tamil is மலைச் செடிவகை. See Samphire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is samphire?
Samphire is a noun.
How do you pronounce samphire?
Samphire is pronounced /ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of samphire?
The plural of samphire is samphires.

Words near samphire in the dictionary

  1. Sampford
  2. Sampford Arundel
  3. Sampford Courtenay
  4. Sampford Peverell
  5. Sampheling
  6. samphire
  7. samphires
  8. samphor
  9. sampi
  10. sampietrini
  11. sampietrino

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samphire (page history and authors); samphire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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