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samphire

noun
🔊/ˈsæmfaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈsæmfaɪər/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a European plant that grows on rocks by the sea, whose leaves are used as a herbTopics Plants and treesc2, Foodc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier as sampiere): from French (herbe de) Saint Pierre ‘St Peter('s herb)’.