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samphire
[ sam-fahyuhr ]
noun
- a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
samphire
/ ˈsæmˌfaɪə /
noun
- Also calledrock samphire an umbelliferous plant, Crithmum maritimum, of Eurasian coasts, having fleshy divided leaves and clusters of small greenish-white flowers
- golden samphiregolden samphire a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- See glasswortanother name for glasswort
- any of several other plants of coastal areas
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Example Sentences
There is a sprinkling of little islets along the shore here, one of which is Samphire Isle.
In the few marshes on this side we afterward saw Samphire, Rosemary, and other plants new to us inlanders.
Here the samphire grew in abundance, and the little girl set to work to fill the two large baskets that stood near.
You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?
We found the plain very barren as we passed along it, producing nothing but a kind of samphire, and other such marine plants.
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