"samphire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsæm.fə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: samphires [plural]
Etymology: Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre, the patron saint of fishermen who often harvested the plant. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|Saint Pierre}} French Saint Pierre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} samphire (countable and uncountable, plural samphires)
  1. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Amaranths and goosefoots, Celery family plants, Composites, Heliantheae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-ZzBYd~Is Disambiguation of Amaranths and goosefoots: 22 22 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Composites: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 22 22 11 8 8 8 21
  2. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia)
    Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Amaranths and goosefoots, Celery family plants, Composites, Heliantheae tribe plants Translations (marsh samphire): 鹽角草 /盐角草 (Chinese Mandarin), suolayrtti (english: Salicornia) (Finnish), punasuolayrtti (taxonomic: Salicornia europaea) (Finnish), salicorne [feminine] (French), salicor [masculine] (Galician), Queller [masculine] (German), Glasschmelz [masculine] (German), lus na gloine [masculine] (Irish), 厚岸草 (akkeshi-sou) (Japanese), 谷地珊瑚 (yachi-sango) (Japanese), salicórnia [feminine] (Portuguese), salicornia [feminine] (Spanish), llyrlys [masculine] (Welsh), chwyn hallt [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-cD2tSjj6 Disambiguation of Amaranths and goosefoots: 22 22 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Composites: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 22 22 11 8 8 8 21 Disambiguation of 'marsh samphire': 0 99 1 0 0 0 0
  3. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Amaranths and goosefoots, Celery family plants, Composites, Heliantheae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-JxUvQShs Disambiguation of Amaranths and goosefoots: 22 22 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Composites: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 22 22 11 8 8 8 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 29 10 9 9 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 19 27 10 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 12 50 7 6 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 29 11 11 10 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 30 11 8 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 16 37 9 8 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 17 37 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 16 37 9 8 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 16 39 8 6 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 16 31 10 13 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 18 35 8 6 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 19 27 9 9 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 15 36 9 11 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 16 38 8 7 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 16 16 32 9 12 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 16 16 39 7 7 8 7
  4. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (golden samphire): inule fausse criste [feminine] (French), inule perce-pierre [feminine] (French), sampier y geifr [masculine] (Welsh), cedowydd sugnol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-I5X402ws Disambiguation of 'golden samphire': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  5. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Borrichia arborescens (tree seaside tansy) of the West Indies.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Borrichia arborescens): dampalit (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-ZdMO2Fpr Disambiguation of 'Borrichia arborescens': 10 10 14 7 49 7 3
  6. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Any plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-ctXPn10B
  7. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
    Plants of genus Tecticornia
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Amaranths and goosefoots, Celery family plants, Composites, Heliantheae tribe plants Translations (plant of the genus Tecticornia): nivelsarvi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-samphire-en-noun-oAHDSv9t Disambiguation of Amaranths and goosefoots: 22 22 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Composites: 21 21 12 9 9 9 19 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 22 22 11 8 8 8 21 Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Tecticornia': 26 26 0 1 1 3 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plant of the genus Sarcocornia): suolasormikki (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Sarcocornia': 30 30 1 1 1 3 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marsh samphire",
      "word": "鹽角草 /盐角草"
    },
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      "word": "suolayrtti"
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "word": "punasuolayrtti"
    },
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "word": "salicorne"
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "word": "salicor"
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Queller"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marsh samphire",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "word": "lus na gloine"
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
      "word": "厚岸草"
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      "roman": "yachi-sango",
      "sense": "marsh samphire",
      "word": "谷地珊瑚"
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "sense": "marsh samphire",
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      "word": "chwyn hallt"
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      "sense": "golden samphire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inule fausse criste"
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      "sense": "golden samphire",
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      "sense": "golden samphire",
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      "sense": "Borrichia arborescens",
      "word": "dampalit"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Tecticornia",
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