noun a seashore shrub (borrichia arborescens) of the west indies.
2. samphire ·noun the species of glasswort (salicornia herbacea);
called in england marsh samphire.
3. samphire ·noun a fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous european plant (crithmum maritimum). it grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.