samphire

/sam-fahyuhr/US // ˈsæm faɪər //UK // (ˈsæmˌfaɪə) //

桑普尔,桑普尔语,桑普兰,桑普尔郡

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- : glasswort.

There is a sprinkling of little islets along the shore here, one of which is Samphire Isle.
In the few marshes on this side we afterward saw Samphire, Rosemary, and other plants new to us inlanders.
Here the samphire grew in abundance, and the little girl set to work to fill the two large baskets that stood near.
You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?
We found the plain very barren as we passed along it, producing nothing but a kind of samphire, and other such marine plants.