barilla
 蘇打灰


 ba·ri·lla /bəˈrɪljə, ˈrɪ(j)ə/ 名詞
 草灰,蘇打灰


 Ba·ril·la n.
 1. Bot. A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
 2. Com. (a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. (b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
 Copper barilla Min., native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.

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 barilla
      n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having
           prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn:
            saltwort, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, {Salsola
           kali, Salsola soda]
      2: Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
         [syn: Halogeton souda]