barilla

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ba=ril=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

barilla, n. [Sp. barrilla.].

•  A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.  [1913 Webster]
•  The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]

Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

barilla, n.
1 any plant of the genus Salsola found chiefly in Spain and Sicily.
2 an impure alkali made by burning either this or kelp.

Etymology

Sp.