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has gloss | eng: Samphire is a name given to a number of very different edible plants that happen to grow in coastal areas. *Rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum is a coastal species with white flowers that grows in the United Kingdom. This is probably the species mentioned by Shakespeare in King Lear. *Golden samphire, Inula crithmoides is a coastal species with yellow flowers that grows across Eurasia. *Marsh samphire is another name given to the edible glassworts, genus Salicornia. *Samphire is commonly used to describe plants from the Australian genus of succulent coastal plants Tecticornia‎, and from the cosmopolitan genus Sarcocornia. |
lexicalization | eng: samphire |
instance of | (noun) plant growing naturally in very salty soil halophyte |
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