Definitions
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Word origin
From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.
Used in a sentence
“But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]”
“[M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.”
“A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Salt-marsh plant”4 letters
02“Saltwort plant”4 letters
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