glasswort

名词 glasswort:

1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
   同义词：saltwort, barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
2. fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
   同义词：samphire, Salicornia europaea

glass.wort

n.（名词）
Any of various plants of the genusSalicornia, growing in salt marshes and having fleshy stems and rudimentary, scalelike leaves. Also called samphire
欧洲海蓬子：一种海蓬子 属的植物，生于盐水沼泽，具有肉质茎和发育不完全的鳞状叶 也作 samphire

来源：
[From its former use in making glass]
[因以前作制玻璃而命名]