Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Samphire.

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Examples

  • Here the flora was represented by large carpets of marine crystal, a little umbelliferous plant very good to pickle, which also bears the name of pierce-stone and sea-fennel.

    Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

  • Here the flora was represented by large carpets of marine crystal, a little umbelliferous plant very good to pickle, which also bears the name of pierce-stone and sea-fennel.

    Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866

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