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Meaning of samphire | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible
  2. Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia)
  3. Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass.
  4. Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum).
  5. Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides).
  6. Borrichia arborescens (tree seaside tansy) of the West Indies.
  7. Any plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare
  8. Plants of genus Tecticornia

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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