glasswort

• 一种生长在旧大陆盐沼和海滨的丛生植物，叶带刺，历史上被焚烧以制取粗碳酸钠；也指一种肉质海滨植物，具退化的鳞片状叶和微小穗状花，曾用于玻璃制造。

A noun referring to a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches with prickly leaves, historically burned to produce crude soda ash; also a fleshy maritime plant with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers, formerly used in glassmaking.

1. Bushy plant used for soda ashC2formal

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

   盐角草

   • Glasswort was once harvested and burned to create soda ash for glass production.
   • The prickly leaves of glasswort distinguish it from other salt marsh plants.
   • Old World salt marshes are the natural habitat of this bushy glasswort species.

   同义词saltwort

2. C2formal

   A fleshy maritime plant with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in the manufacturing of glass.

   肉质的海滨植物

   • The fleshy stems of glasswort were collected for their high soda content.
   • Minute flowers appear in small spikes on this maritime plant.
   • Glasswort was an essential ingredient in traditional glassmaking processes.

   同义词samphire