barilla

American  

[buh-ree-uh, -reel-yee, -ril-uh] / bəˈri ə, -ˈril yi, -ˈrɪl ə /

noun

1. either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.

2. the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.

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barilla British  

/ bəˈrɪlə /

noun

1. an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts

2. either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda ) or Halogeton soda , formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate See also saltwort

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Etymology

Origin of barilla

1615–25; < Spanish barrilla, apparently equivalent to bar ( ra ) bar ¹ + -illa diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Lancerota produces, annually, about 300 tons of barilla; Forte ventura about 1500 tons.

From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by Holman, James

She went nearly two feet to our one, the barilla pressing the Sterling down into the water, and making her very dull, more especially in light airs.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore

Soda, or barilla, is obtained from the ashes of marine plants, and by the decomposition of common salt; its great depository is the ocean, soda being the basis of salt.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

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

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.