Salicornia

salicornia

(ˌsælɪˈkɔːnɪə)

n

(Plants) any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort

[C19: from Late Latin, perhaps from Latin sal salt + cornu a horn]

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Salicornia - glassworts genus Salicornia caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family - includes spinach and beets Salicornia europaea, samphire, glasswort - fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass