kali

A noun referring to a bushy plant found in Old World salt marshes and sea beaches, with prickly leaves, historically burned to produce a crude soda ash.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una planta arbustiva de los saladares y playas marinas del Viejo Mundo, con hojas espinosas, que históricamente se quemaba para obtener sosa cáustica cruda.

1. Bushy plant C2 formal

   A bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.

   • The kali plant thrives in salty coastal environments.
   • Historically, kali was burned to produce soda ash for glassmaking.
   • The prickly leaves of the kali plant make it difficult to harvest.

   🇪🇸barrilla

   Sinónimos: barillaglasswortkelpwortsaltwort