samphire

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsæm.fə(ɹ)/

Noun

samphire

1. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
   1. marsh samphire, glasswort (genus Salicornia), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
   2. rock samphire (ll mul).
   3. golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides).
   4. Borrichia arborescens of the West Indies.
   5. Plants of genus Sarcocornia
   6. Plants of genus Tecticornia

Translations

• French: salicorne
• German: Queller, Glasschmelz
• Portuguese: salicórnia
• Spanish: salicornia

Translations

• French: inule fausse criste, inule perce-pierre

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