glasswort

glasswort is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
2. noun. fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

   Synonyms: samphire

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

   Synonyms: barilla, kali, kelpwort, saltwort

Synonyms

samphire, barilla, kali, kelpwort, saltwort

Common word forms

glassworts

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