Meanings
plural glassworts
- countableuncountableAny plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Synonyms: marsh samphire
- Other salt-tolerant plants, especially those used to produce such ash.
- countableuncountableSpecies of the Australian genus Tecticornia
- countableuncountableArthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
- countableuncountableEriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
- countableuncountableKali turgidum
- Other salt-tolerant plants, called samphire.
- countableuncountablerock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
- countableuncountablegolden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
nounfleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian солянка
- солянка (soljanka)any plant of the genus Salicornia
Dutch zeekraal
- zeekraalany plant of the genus Salicornia
Finnish suolayrtti, nivelsarvi
- suolayrttiany plant of the genus Salicornia
- nivelsarviplant of the genus Tecticornia
- suolasormioArthrocnemum subterminale
- meriotakilokkiKali turgida
French salicorne
- salicorneany plant of the genus Salicornia
German Queller, Seespargel
- Quellerany plant of the genus Salicornia
- Seespargelany plant of the genus Salicornia
Hungarian sziksófű
- sziksófűany plant of the genus Salicornia
Māori ureure
- ureureany plant of the genus Salicornia
Turkish deniz börülcesi
- deniz börülcesiany plant of the genus Salicornia
Cite this entry
glasswort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glasswort
“glasswort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glasswort. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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