Samphire n. : A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.

Samphire n. : The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.

Samphire n. : A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.

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Defination from the web:
samphire, Crithmum maritimum is a coastal species with white flowers that grows in the United Kingdom. ... Samphire is commonly used to describe plants from the Australian genus of succulent coastal plants Tecticornia‎, and from the cosmopolitan genus Sarcocornia. ...