barilla
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.
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barilla shot back that their family business, now in its fourth generation, was defending the traditional mother-father family.
Italian Gay Activists Boycott Top Pasta Maker | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSecondly advances the kingdom of Murcia, with its silver-mines, barilla, and palms.
Gatherings From Spain | Richard FordOf manufactured soda, the variety most antiently known is barilla, the incinerated ash of the Salsola soda.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla.
Journal of an African Cruiser | Horatio BridgeThe imports of barilla from the Canary Islands to this country are about 3,500 tons a-year.
A Voyage Round the World, Vol. I | James Holman
Lancerota produces, annually, about 300 tons of barilla; Forte ventura about 1500 tons.
A Voyage Round the World, Vol. I | James Holman
British Dictionary definitions for barilla
/ (bəˈrɪlə) /
an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts
either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda) or Halogeton soda, formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate: See also saltwort
Origin of barilla
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