glasswort

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
noun fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

From glass + wort.

There the local flora was represented by a wide carpet of samphire, a small umbelliferous plant that keeps quite nicely, which also boasts the names glasswort, saxifrage, and sea fennel. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda

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