crithmum

[Gr. krēthmos, krēthmon, krith mos samphire. According to Hooker and Arnott from Gr. krithe =barley, to the grain of which the fruit of the plant has some resemblance.] Bot. A genus of umbelliferous plants, family Seseli nide. The involucres are many-leaved; the carpels spongy, with five elevated, sharp, somewhat winged ribs, and marked with numerous vitte; fruit elliptic. Crithmum maritimum , a plant with bitriternate fleshy leaves, is the Sea-samphire alluded to by Shakespeare [SAMPHIRE] in connection with the cliffs of Dover, where it grows. It is found along the Atlantic coast in Europe, in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, . It is one of the best ingredients in pickles.