Barilla vs. Plant — What's the Difference?

Barilla refers to several species of salt-tolerant (halophyte) plants that, until the 19th century, were the primary source of soda ash and hence of sodium carbonate. The word "barilla" was also used directly to refer to the soda ash obtained from plant sources.

Plants are mainly multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, plants were treated as one of two kingdoms including all living things that were not animals, and all algae and fungi were treated as plants.

Any of several Mediterranean halophytes, especially Salsola kali, S. soda, or Halogeton sativus, that were formerly burned to obtain a crude soda ash.

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

The crude sodium carbonate ash that was obtained from these plants.

A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place

(botany) Any of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash, such as Soda inermis.

A person placed in a group as a spy or informer

The alkali produced from the plant, an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching.

A shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.

Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow

A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

Set or place in a particular position

The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.

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

A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.

Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate

Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.

A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory

The buildings, fixtures, and equipment, including machinery, tools, and instruments, necessary for an industrial operation or an institution

A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.

A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.

A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.

A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.

(Slang) A scheming trick; a swindle.

To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.

To place seeds or young plants in (land); sow

To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation

To stock with spawn or fish.

To introduce (an animal) into an area.

To place or fix in a certain position

To deliver (a punch or blow).

To fix firmly in the mind; implant

To establish; found

To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior

To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public

To conceal; hide

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.

(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.

Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.

A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.

An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.

Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).

A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.

(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.

(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.

(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

(obsolete) The sole of the foot.

A plan; a swindle; a trick.

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

A young oyster suitable for transplanting.

(control theory) The combination of process and actuator.

(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.

To place in the ground.

To furnish or supply with plants.

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.

To set up; to install; to instate.

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.

A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

The sole of the foot.

The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.

A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.

To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.

To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.

To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.

To set up; to install; to instate.

To perform the act of planting.

Buildings for carrying on industrial labor;

A living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Something planted secretly for discovery by another;

An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Fix or set securely or deeply;

Set up or lay the groundwork for;

Place into a river;

Place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive;

Put firmly in the mind;