samphire in English
noun
1
a European plant of the parsley family that grows on rocks and cliffs by the sea. Its aromatic, fleshy leaves were formerly much used in pickles.
Marsh samphire is more salty than rock samphire and does not have the same powerful aroma.
noun
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1. Seapinks and samphire grow on the rocky cliffs.
2. A genus of Apetalous plants—the glass-wort, marsh-samphire
3. Samphire was upon it instantly and beat it to death with the oar.
4. Green though he was with seaweed, Samphire took his place beside the bride clad in white and was joined to her in matrimony.