Glasswort Definition & Meaning

glasswort
noun
  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

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