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

A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal employment of the poor, in this neighbourhood, is gathering the different species of fuci, commonly Manufactory of barilla. called sea-wreck, thrown up by the tide, or growing upon the breakers.

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Two maids of honour, bearing decorated barillas of choice wine from the royal cellars, rode on either side of their mistress.

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During the Napoleonic wars the price of barilla rose to such a height that Napoleon offered a reward for the discovery of a process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate.

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Coast City of Izamal 16 27 15 78,846 Horned cattle, horses, mules, tallow, jerked beef, castor oil, hides, wax, honey, timber, indigo, hemp, raw and manufactured, straw cigars, barilla, and salt.

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