As she observed, it would have been a great convenience if everyone had agreed long ago to call marsh samphire by its alternative name glasswort. |
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Marsh samphire, as noted above, is also known as glasswort from its former use in soda glass manufacture. |
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So I repaired to slightly higher ground away from the bank, found a nice black mangrove to provide some shade and plopped down on a bed of glasswort. |
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Later I'd pick marsh samphire or glasswort, which is now a delicacy in restaurants but we ate it by the ton. |
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Salicornia bigelovii is believed to be valuable as its seeds contain of one third oil and is also well known as the dwarf glasswort. |
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Often called glasswort, sea asparagus or poor man's asparagus, samphire is found on sea cliffs and coastlines in Europe. |
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A halophyte which is tolerant to residual sodium carbonate salinity are called glasswort or saltwort or barilla plants. |
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The soda ash from glasswort plant ashes was mainly a mixture of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate. |
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The dwarf glasswort could provide a biofuel source for jet fuel, as the plants thrive in salty water, according to the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. |
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