barilla
Americannoun
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either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
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the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.
noun
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an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts
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either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda ) or Halogeton soda , formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate See also saltwort
Etymology
Origin of barilla
1615–25; < Spanish barrilla, apparently equivalent to bar ( ra ) bar 1 + -illa diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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The Upper "Beneficios" Village of Ichmul 7 15 39 66,680 Sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco of good quality, rice, laces, pepper, gum copal, sarsaparilla, hats, hammocks, ebony, barilla, gypsum, and skins.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
Wines, brandies, quicksilver, barilla, are exclusive of duty, for example; the others, duty paid, but in some instances duties scarcely more than nominal.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
From Carthagena we were sent down the coast to a little place called Aguilas, where we began to take in a cargo of barilla.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore
The principal exports from these Mediterranean towns are wines, dried fruits, oils, anchovies, wool, barilla, soap, kermes, antimony, vermilion, brandy, cork, silk, &c.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William
Coast City of Izamal 16 27 15 78,846 Horned cattle, horses, mules, tallow, jerked beef, castor oil, hides, wax, honey, timber, indigo, hemp, raw and manufactured, straw cigars, barilla, and salt.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
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