1. Noun
A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
2. Noun
The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.
3. Noun
Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
4. Noun
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
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5. Noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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