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samphire
(redirected from Rock samphire)

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samphire
1. an umbelliferous plant, Crithmum maritimum, of Eurasian coasts, having fleshy divided leaves and clusters of small greenish-white flowers
2. golden samphire a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
3. another name for glasswort
4. any of several other plants of coastal areas


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This is rock samphire – it tastes like a salty carrot and you can buy it in London's Borough market and fishmongers for a small fortune, or gather it here with a pair of household scissors for free.
Surfing for food in Cornwall by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
There is also rock samphire that, as the name suggests, grows on the rocks at the seaside, with fleshly flat leaves of a grey-green colour.
Wet and wild; food & drink by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The wardens' report also helped us locate many of the rare and specialised plants which grow around the salt marsh, in the dunes and on the rocks, including rock samphire.
Countryside - The Birdman of Hilbre; `H ILBRE. September 13, 1958. ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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