samphire

美 [ˈsæmfaɪər]英 [ˈsæmfaɪə(r)]

samphire

noun

U海蓬子，海马齿（产于欧洲海边岩石，叶子可入药）
a European plant that grows on rocks by the sea, whose leaves are used as a herb

noun

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

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1

My favourite is salmon and samphire with potatoes or in some bread .

我的最爱是三文鱼加海蓬子，配着土豆或者夹在面包里吃。
2

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”。