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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of apetalous plants of the order Chenopodiaceæ, type of the tribe Salicornieæ, having the flowers immersed in hollows of the upper joints of the stem, from which the two light-yellow anthers protrude.

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  • noun glassworts

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  • BRANDO: It has raised this plant called salicornia (ph) and Manuel Oranzo (ph) who is very dedicated to environmental issues in Mexico and he is teaching children to be aware of their environment and I have a feeling that I'm rushing to get this information out and it's your show.

    CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2003 2003

  • MotherJones. com around the question: Is organic and local so 2008? in the mid-'80s, an atmospheric physicist named Carl N. Hodges predicted that the key to saving the planet was to make the desert bloom-with a spindly saltwater plant known as salicornia, a.k.a. sea asparagus.

    MoJo Blogs and Articles 2009

  • Vegetation, where present, is sparse and composed of salt-tolerant plants such as salicornia and saltgrass.

    Ecoregions of Utah (EPA) 2009

  • Seawater forests of mangrove trees and agronomic meadows, such as salicornia, yield lumber and food for humans and animals.

    Simple Solutions for a Complex Planet 2007

  • Introducing salt-tolerant crops such as salicornia could utilise millions of hectares of unproductive arid land while conserving valuable freshwater resources and providing both material and economic returns to local inhabitants.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2010

  • Introducing salt-tolerant crops such as salicornia could utilise millions of hectares of unproductive arid land while conserving valuable freshwater resources and providing both material and economic returns to local inhabitants.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2010

  • Introducing salt-tolerant crops such as salicornia could utilise millions of hectares of unproductive arid land while conserving valuable freshwater resources and providing both material and economic returns to local inhabitants.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2010

  • Introducing salt-tolerant crops such as salicornia could utilise millions of hectares of unproductive arid land while conserving valuable freshwater resources and providing both material and economic returns to local inhabitants.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2010

  • Back to vegetables: Fishwife, salicornia/salsola is said to be able to get along without salt, but I will take on board what you say.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009

  • And just last week I made an abalone dish with sea beans samphire, salicornia -- the plant has many names and New Zealand spinach I'd foraged within yards of the shore.

    Stephanie J. Stiavetti: An Interview With Hank Shaw, the Hunter/Angler/Gardener/Cook Stephanie J. Stiavetti 2011

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