SALICORNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salicornia mean? 

• SALICORNIA (noun)
  The noun SALICORNIA has 1 sense:

1. glassworts

  Familiarity information: SALICORNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALICORNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glassworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Salicornia; Salicornia

Hypernyms ("Salicornia" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Salicornia"):

glasswort; Salicornia europaea; samphire (fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass)

Holonyms ("Salicornia" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)