Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate.
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Examples for "barilla "
Examples for "barilla "
1 The productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla .
2 The barilla plant is also very common; it is collected and burnt, and the ashes exported in considerable quantities.
3 The exports, exclusive of the coasting trade, are wines, barilla , orchilla weed, rock-moss, safflower, (hay-saffron,) and silks.
4 We had the good fortune to take a large ship laden with barilla , and a brig with tobacco and wine.
5 It took on board a cargo of barilla at Aguilas and Almeria, and returned to England, reaching the Thames in May.
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