samphire

noun

• (also rock samphire) a European plant of the parsley family, which grows on rocks and cliffs by the sea. Its aromatic fleshy leaves are sometimes eaten as a vegetable.

  • Crithmum maritimum, family Umbelliferae
• used in names of fleshy-leaved plants resembling samphire that grow near the sea, e.g. golden samphire.