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glasswort vs shrub

shrub vs glasswort

glasswort and shrub both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
glasswort Yes No No No
shrub Yes No No No
As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of glasswort; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than glasswort:
  • glasswort: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
  • shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Other hypernyms of glasswort include bush.
glasswort (noun) shrub (noun)
fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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