Definitions for samphires

samphires sam·phire

Spelling: [sam-fahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈsæm faɪər/

Samphires is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 671 anagrams from letters in samphires (aehimprss).

Definitions for samphires

noun

  1. a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
  2. glasswort.

Origin of samphires

1535-45; earlier sampiere Middle French (herbe de) Saint Pierre (herb of) Saint Peter

Examples for samphires

Sea spleenwort and masses of 113 samphire grew on the cliffs to his right.

They got across the sands with their samphire, just as Coomber and Bob were springing ashore.

Outside the wall the samphire and orach beds are wholly marine.

It held but three flowers, samphire, sea-rocket, and sea-heath.

Here the samphire grew in abundance, and the little girl set to work to fill the two large baskets that stood near.

You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?

There was no tuft of samphire to brush her face as she descended.

We found the plain very barren as we passed along it, producing nothing but a kind of samphire, and other such marine plants.

Mother said he'd take the samphire by boat to Fellness, and I thought perhaps he'd take me too.

The samphire is there still—the crithmum maritimum, or cranagh.

Word Value for samphires
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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