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glasswort   (TTS Sound)

The noun glasswort has 2 senses

• saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda -- (bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash)


• glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea -- (fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass)