glasswort

glasswort

noun

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

bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves;burned to produce a crude soda ash: Synonym: saltwort barilla kali kelpwort Salsola kali Salsola soda

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1

But soon , bigger plants get root , like this glasswort .

但当较大的植物开始生根，像海篷子。
2

Glasswort is a plant of the cold estuaries of europe .

海篷子生长在欧洲寒冷的河口湾上。
3

As the high tide brings in more mud particles , they clog around the stems of the glasswort

当潮水高涨时带了更多的泥土微粒它们阻塞着海篷子的茎部
4

Soda comes from medieval Latin soda , which may have been derived from Latin sod ā num ' samphire , glasswort " ( the plant samphire was burned to obtain soda for making glass ) .

因为钠存在于天然碱苏打（Soda）中，Na的取名sodium一词即源于此，英文原意“苏打”。