glasswort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glasswort	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for glasswort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glasswort n bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash Synonym(s): saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass Synonym(s): glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glasswort \Glass"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family ({Salicornia herbacea}), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family ({Salsola Kali}), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.