Glasswort

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glasswort
    n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
         having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
         [syn: {saltwort}, {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali},
         {kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}, {Salsola soda}]
    2: fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary
       scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly
       used in making glass [syn: {glasswort}, {samphire},
       {Salicornia europaea}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glasswort \Glass"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   A seashore plant of the Spinach family ({Salicornia
   herbacea}), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly
   plant of the same family ({Salsola Kali}), both formerly
   burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making
   glass and soap.
   [1913 Webster]
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