Definitions for orache

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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. orache(Noun)

    Any of various edible plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis or A. patula.

  2. Origin: Anglo-Norman arace, arache; apparently an irregular derivation from Old French arepe, from classical Latin atriplex, from Greek ατράφαξυς, of unknown origin (probably a loan-word).


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