'Samphire' definitions:
Definition of 'samphire'
From: WordNet
noun
Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass [syn: glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea]
Definition of 'Samphire'
From: GCIDE
- Samphire \Sam"phire\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See Saint, and Petrel.] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. [1913 Webster]
- Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Golden samphire. See under Golden. [1913 Webster]