samphire /ˈsæm.faɪ.ə(ɹ)/ noun8 •One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible. •Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia) •Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass. •Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum). •Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides). •tree seaside tansy (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. •Plant of the species Gomphrena vermicularis •Plants of genus Tecticornia formssamphires