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

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.

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

The productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla.

From Journal of an African Cruiser by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

During the Napoleonic wars the price of barilla rose to such a height that Napoleon offered a reward for the discovery of a process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The imports of barilla from the Canary Islands to this country are about 3,500 tons a-year.

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