salicornia
IPA: sˈæɫɪkɔrniʌ
noun
- samphire (of the genus Salicornia)
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Examples of "salicornia" in Sentences
- It is the source of salicornia oil.
- Salicornia species can generally tolerate immersion in salt water.
- Vegetation, where present, is sparse and composed of salt-tolerant plants such as salicornia and saltgrass.
- Seawater forests of mangrove trees and agronomic meadows, such as salicornia, yield lumber and food for humans and animals.
- Back to vegetables: Fishwife, salicornia/salsola is said to be able to get along without salt, but I will take on board what you say.
- And just last week I made an abalone dish with sea beans samphire, salicornia -- the plant has many names and New Zealand spinach I'd foraged within yards of the shore.
- Introducing salt-tolerant crops such as salicornia could utilise millions of hectares of unproductive arid land while conserving valuable freshwater resources and providing both material and economic returns to local inhabitants.
- MotherJones. com around the question: Is organic and local so 2008? in the mid-'80s, an atmospheric physicist named Carl N. Hodges predicted that the key to saving the planet was to make the desert bloom-with a spindly saltwater plant known as salicornia, a.k.a. sea asparagus.
- BRANDO: It has raised this plant called salicornia (ph) and Manuel Oranzo (ph) who is very dedicated to environmental issues in Mexico and he is teaching children to be aware of their environment and I have a feeling that I'm rushing to get this information out and it's your show.