glasswort

== English == === Etymology === From glass +‎ wort. === Pronunciation === === Noun === glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts) Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass. Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash. Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort) Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat) Kali turgidum Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides) ==== Synonyms ==== (Salicornia): marsh samphire ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====