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Webster 1913 Edition
Samphire
Sam′phire
(? or ?; 277)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (
Crithmum maritimum
). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. Hangs one that gathers
samphire
, dreadful trade! Shakespeare
(b)
The species of glasswort (
Salicornia herbacea
); – called in England marsh samphire
. (c)
A seashore shrub (
Borrichia arborescens
) of the West Indies. Golden samphire
. See under
Golden
.Webster 1828 Edition
Samphire
SAM'PHIRE
,Noun.
A plant of the genus Crithmum. The golden samphire is of the genus Inula.
Samphire grows on rocks near the sea shore, where it is washed by the salt water. It is used for pickling.
Definition 2024
samphire
samphire
English
Noun
samphire (plural samphires)
- One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
- The marsh samphire, glasswort, genus Salicornia, a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
- The rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum.
- The golden samphire, Inula crithmoides.
- Borrichia arborescens of the West Indies.
- Plants of genus Sarcocornia
- Plants of genus Tecticornia
Translations
marsh samphire
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rock samphire
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golden samphire
Borrichia arborescens
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