SAMPHIRE


Meaning of SAMPHIRE in English

/sam"fuyeur/ , n.

1. a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.

2. glasswort.

[ 1535-45; earlier sampiere herbe de ) Saint Pierre (herb of) Saint Peter ]

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