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glasswort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glass-wort
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From glass + wort.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glassworts (plural)

Phrases

American glasswort beaded glasswort bead glasswort blackseed glasswort common glasswort dwarf glasswort glasswort buckwheat jointed glasswort

Synonyms

marsh samphire samphire salicornia europaea saltwort barilla kali kelpwort salsola kali salsola soda

Questions

What does glasswort mean?
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Where does glasswort come from?
From glass + wort.

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