barilla

[ buh-ree-uh, -reel-yee, -ril-uh ]

noun

1. either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
2. the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.

barilla

/ bəˈrɪlə /

noun

1. an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts
2. either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda ) or Halogeton soda , formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate See also saltwort

Word History and Origins

Origin of barilla¹

1615–25; < Spanish barrilla, apparently equivalent to bar ( ra ) bar ¹ + -illa diminutive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of barilla¹

C17: from Spanish barrilla , literally: a little bar, from barra bar ¹

Example Sentences

Barilla shot back that their family business, now in its fourth generation, was defending the traditional mother-father family.

From The Daily Beast

Secondly advances the kingdom of Murcia, with its silver-mines, barilla, and palms.

From Project Gutenberg

Of manufactured soda, the variety most antiently known is barilla, the incinerated ash of the Salsola soda.

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The productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla.

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The imports of barilla from the Canary Islands to this country are about 3,500 tons a-year.

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Lancerota produces, annually, about 300 tons of barilla; Forte ventura about 1500 tons.

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