borrichia arborescens

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Samphire \Sam"phire\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See Saint, and Petrel.] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. [1913 Webster]
Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. [1913 Webster]

Golden samphire. See under Golden. [1913 Webster]


Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]

1.(Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. (b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis). (c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box. [1913 Webster]

Creeping oxeye (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant (Wedelia carnosa).

Seaside oxeye (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens). [1913 Webster]

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