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Noun: barilla  bu'ri-lu
  1. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
    - saltwort, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
     
  2. Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
    - Halogeton souda

Derived forms: barillas

Type of: bush, herb, herbaceous plant, shrub

Part of: genus Halogeton

Encyclopedia: Barilla