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noun

Barilla n.

(Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

(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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Etymology of 'Barilla'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barilla" Quotes from Famous Books

... chief mate was discharged for drunkenness, and I got a lift. Marble was put in my place, and from that time, for the next five months, things went on smoothly enough; I say five months, for, instead of sailing for home direct, the ship went to Spain, within the Straits, for a cargo of barilla, which she took up to London, where she got a freight for Philadelphia. We were all a little uneasy, at finding that our story, with sundry perversions and exaggerations, were in the English papers; ...

— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper

Words linked to "Barilla" : Salsola kali, Halogeton souda, glasswort, herbaceous plant, Salsola soda, bush, saltwort, shrub, genus Halogeton