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orach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orach has 1 sense
- orach(n = noun.plant) orache - any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes; Array is a member of atriplex, genus atriplex
has particulars: atriplex hortensis, garden orache, mountain spinach
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
orach, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. . Cf. Arrach.].
A genus (Atriplex ) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. [1913 Webster]
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