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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barilla \Ba*ril"la\ (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. 2. (Com.) a The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. b Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. --Ure. {Copper barilla} (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also {Barilla de cobre}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barilla n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: {saltwort}, {glasswort}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}, {Salsola soda}] 2: Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate [syn: {Halogeton souda}]
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