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samphire definition

sam·phire (sam′fīr′)

noun

  1. a fleshy, Old World seashore plant (Crithmum maritimum) of the umbel family, with cut leaves and small clusters of yellowish flowers
  2. glasswort

Etymology: earlier sampire, sainpere, altered < Fr (herbe de) Saint Pierre, St. Peter's (herb)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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