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barilla
[ buh-ree-uh, -reel-yee, -ril-uh ]
noun
- either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
- the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.
barilla
/ bəˈrɪlə /
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Origin of barilla1
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Example Sentences
Barilla shot back that their family business, now in its fourth generation, was defending the traditional mother-father family.
Secondly advances the kingdom of Murcia, with its silver-mines, barilla, and palms.
Of manufactured soda, the variety most antiently known is barilla, the incinerated ash of the Salsola soda.
The productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla.
The imports of barilla from the Canary Islands to this country are about 3,500 tons a-year.
Lancerota produces, annually, about 300 tons of barilla; Forte ventura about 1500 tons.
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