sam·phire /ˈsæmˌfaɪr/
 一種茴香屬的植物
 Sam·phire n.  Bot. (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
    Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!   --Shak.
 (b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
 Golden samphire. See under Golden.
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 samphire
      n : fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary
          scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers;
          formerly used in making glass [syn: glasswort, Salicornia
          europaea]