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orache

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun orache has 1 sense

orache(n = noun.plant) orach - 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

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CIDE DICTIONARY

orache, 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]

Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

orache, n. (also orach) an edible plant, Atriplex hortensis, with red, yellow, or green leaves sometimes used as a substitute for spinach or sorrel. Also called SALTBUSH.

Etymology

ME arage f. AF arasche f. L atriplex f. Gk atraphaxus

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