GLASSWORT


Meaning of GLASSWORT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌwərt, -ˌwȯrt ]

noun

Etymology: from its former use in the manufacture of glass

Date: 1597

: any of a genus ( Salicornia ) of woody jointed succulent herbs of the goosefoot family with leaves reduced to fleshy sheaths — called also pickleweed

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.