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BARILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barilla mean?
• BARILLA (noun)
The noun BARILLA has 2 senses:
1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
2. Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
Familiarity information: BARILLA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
barilla; glasswort; kali; kelpwort; Salsola kali; Salsola soda; saltwort
Hypernyms ("barilla" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
barilla; Halogeton souda
Hypernyms ("barilla" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("barilla" is a member of...):
genus Halogeton (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae)
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