- A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda
is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. - The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching
purposes. - Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant,
or kelp.
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