glasswort vs samphire what difference
what is difference between glasswort and samphire
English
Etymology
glass + wort
Noun
glasswort (countable and uncountable, plural glassworts)
- Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, 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 European genus Sarcocornia
- Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
- Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish’s glasswort)
- Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
- Kali turgida, formerly Salsola kali
- Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
- rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
- golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
Synonyms
- (Salicornia): marsh samphire
Derived terms
- American glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
- bead glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- beaded glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora)
- blackseed glasswort (Tecticornia pergranulata)
- common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
- dwarf glasswort (Salicornia bigelovii)
- glasswort buckwheat (Eriogonum salicornioides)
- jointed glasswort (Salicornia)
- Pacific glasswort (Sarcocornia pacifica)
- Parish’s glasswort (Arthrocnemum subterminale)
- perennial glasswort (Sarcocornia perennis)
- prickly glasswort (Kali turgida)
- purple glasswort (Salicornia ramosissima)
- shrubby glasswort (Tecticornia arbuscula)
- slender glasswort (Salicornia maritima)
- thick-head glasswort (Sarcocornia blackiana)
- Virginia glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
- woody glasswort (Salicornia virginica)
Translations
English
Etymology
Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre, the patron saint of fishermen who often harvested the plant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsæm.fə(ɹ)/
Noun
samphire (countable and uncountable, plural samphires)
- One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
- Marsh samphire, glasswort (genus Salicornia), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
- Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum).
- Golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides).
- Borrichia arborescens of the West Indies.
- Plants of genus Sarcocornia
- Plants of genus Tecticornia
Translations
Anagrams
- pesharim, seraphim
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