salicornia
Spanish, noun/saliˈkoɾnja/
salicornia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “any plant of the genus Salicornia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta (Salicornia europaea L., Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods) común de las marismas y saladares de…”.
What does salicornia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany plant of the genus Salicornia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planta (Salicornia europaea L., Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods) común de las marismas y saladares de Valencia. Se usa con fines medicinales por sus propiedades diuréticas y depurativas. 2. Planta quenopodiácea (Salicornia marítima). 3. Planta rastrera (Salicornia ambigua) de las marismas españolas. Empleada para mejorar suelos salinos, forraje y alimentación humana. 4. Planta halofila (Alacranera alacranera), cultivada con fines comerciales para verdura, fabricación de papel, forraje o productos de belleza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salicornia
- salicornias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salicornia?
- /saliˈkoɾnja/
- [sa.liˈkoɾ.nja]
- [saliˈkoɾnja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salicornia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salicornia in Spanish?
salicornia appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).