1. (noun) glasswort, Sarcocornia quinqueflora - a native plant with inconspicuous leaves and short, fleshy, jointed stems, dull green in the shade and red-tipped in full sun. Found forming creeping mats on raised shell banks and muddy shingle in tidal estuaries, salt meadows and rock crevices throughout coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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