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salsola

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salsola  \Sal"so*la\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  L.  salsus  salt,  because  they 
  contain  alkaline  salts.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  plants  including  the  glasswort.  See  {Glasswort}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soda  \So"da\,  n.  [It.,  soda,  in  OIt.,  ashes  used  in  making 
  glass,  fr  L.  solida,  fem.  of  solidus  solid;  solida  having 
  probably  been  a  name  of  glasswort.  See  {Solid}.]  (Chem.) 
  a  Sodium  oxide  or  hydroxide. 
  b  Popularly,  sodium  carbonate  or  bicarbonate. 
 
  {Caustic  soda},  sodium  hydroxide. 
 
  {Cooking  soda},  sodium  bicarbonate.  [Colloq.] 
 
  {Sal  soda}.  See  {Sodium  carbonate},  under  {Sodium}. 
 
  {Soda  alum}  (Min.),  a  mineral  consisting  of  the  hydrous 
  sulphate  of  alumina  and  soda. 
 
  {Soda  ash},  crude  sodium  carbonate;  --  so  called  because 
  formerly  obtained  from  the  ashes  of  sea  plants  and  certain 
  other  plants,  as  saltwort  ({Salsola}).  See  under  {Sodium}. 
 
 
  {Soda  fountain},  an  apparatus  for  drawing  soda  water,  fitted 
  with  delivery  tube,  faucets,  etc 
 
  {Soda  lye},  a  lye  consisting  essentially  of  a  solution  of 
  sodium  hydroxide,  used  in  soap  making. 
 
  {Soda  niter}.  See  {Nitratine}. 
 
  {Soda  salts},  salts  having  sodium  for  the  base;  specifically, 
  sodium  sulphate  or  Glauber's  salts. 
 
  {Soda  waste},  the  waste  material,  consisting  chiefly  of 
  calcium  hydroxide  and  sulphide,  which  accumulates  as  a 
  useless  residue  or  side  product  in  the  ordinary  Leblanc 
  process  of  soda  manufacture;  --  called  also  {alkali 
  waste}. 
 
  {Soda  water},  originally,  a  beverage  consisting  of  a  weak 
  solution  of  sodium  bicarbonate,  with  some  acid  to  cause 
  effervescence;  now  in  common  usage,  a  beverage  consisting 
  of  water  highly  charged  with  carbon  dioxide  (carbonic 
  acid).  Fruit  sirups,  cream,  etc.,  are  usually  added  to 
  give  flavor.  See  {Carbonic  acid},  under  {Carbonic}. 
 
  {Washing  soda},  sodium  carbonate.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Salsola 
  n  :  chiefly  Old  World  herbs  or  shrubs:  saltworts  [syn:  {Salsola}, 
  {genus  Salsola}]




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