GLASSWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glasswort mean? 

• GLASSWORT (noun)
  The noun GLASSWORT has 2 senses:

1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

2. fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

  Familiarity information: GLASSWORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLASSWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barilla; glasswort; kali; kelpwort; Salsola kali; Salsola soda; saltwort

Hypernyms ("glasswort" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

glasswort; Salicornia europaea; samphire

Hypernyms ("glasswort" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("glasswort" is a member of...):

genus Salicornia; Salicornia (glassworts)