Samphire Definition

sămfīr
noun
A fleshy, Old World seashore plant (Crithmum maritimum) of the umbel family, with cut leaves and small clusters of yellowish flowers.
Webster's New World

Glasswort.

Webster's New World
One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible.
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Noun

Singular:
samphire
Plural:
samphires

Origin of Samphire

  • Alteration of Early Modern English sampiere the plant C. maritimum from French (herbe de) Saint Pierre (herb of) Saint Peter after Saint Pierre Saint Peter, a patron saint of fisherman (the plant being so called because it grows on rocks near the sea, the name perhaps also being influenced by French pierre rock)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre, the patron saint of fishermen who often harvested the plant.

    From Wiktionary

Samphire Sentence Examples

  • It is interesting to find maritime plants, such as the samphire, growing on their shores a thousand miles from the sea and more than a thousand feet above it.

  • This area also has samphire but also many salt pans.

  • Samphire Hoe is a new piece of England created from 4.9 million cubic meters of chalk marl dug to create the Channel Tunnel.

  • Look for golden samphire that flowers from July to September, a scarce plant in most of Britain.

  • My sense of place found a plate of large juicy sweet cockles on a bed of crisp green samphire before me.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

EREIRE

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