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Significados de glasswort en inglés

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Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass.

        Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.

            Uso de glasswort en inglés
            1
            One type of glasswort played a prominent role in the glass industry in England as a source for sodium oxide, or soda.
            BBC
            2
            The fleshy leaves at a little distance suggest the form of many plants of brackish marsh and creek edges, and even the glasswort itself.
            The Garden, You, and I
            3
            Glassworts as a group have had a long and interesting career outside of food additives.
            BBC
            4
            Just on their own, many glassworts are edible, and you might see them on the menu as sea beans or samphire.
            BBC
            Glasswort a través del tiempo