barilla

barilla has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
• n.. The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.
• n.. Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
• n.. Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
• n.. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash