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barilla

7 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. noun

    bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

  2. noun

    Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate

Word history

Borrowed from Spanish barrilla.

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