Săm'phīre, n.

(săm'fir, or săm'fur) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. l'herbe de Saint Pierre, from which the English word is corrupted.] (Bot.) A glabrous, fleshy, suffruticose herb, of which Crithmum maritimum is the principal English species. It grows on rocks near the sea-shore, where it is washed by the salt water; its leaves are used in the form of a pickle as an article of diet. Baird.

In the United States, this name is applied to Salicornia herbacea, which is called glasswort in England.