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Definitions for orachˈɔr ətʃ, ˈɒr-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

or•achˈɔr ətʃ, ˈɒr-(n.)

or or•ache

  1. any plant of the genus Atriplex, esp. A. hortensis, of the goosefoot family, cultivated for use like spinach.

    Category: Plants

Origin of orach:

1350–1400; ME orage, arage < OF arache < VL *atripica, var. of L atriplic- (s. of atriplex) 蠐 Gk atráphaxys

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orach, orache(noun)

    any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes

Wiktionary

  1. orach(Noun)

    Any of several plants, of the genus Atriplex, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach.

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