samphire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: samphire	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for samphire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
samphire n 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]:
Samphire \Sam"phire\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See {Saint}, and {Petrel}.] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant ({Crithmum maritimum}). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! --Shak. (b) The species of glasswort ({Salicornia herbacea}); -- called in England {marsh samphire}. (c) A seashore shrub ({Borrichia arborescens}) of the West Indies. {Golden samphire}. See under {Golden}.