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Orach

Orach Meaning & Definition
Orach Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orach?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Orach: orache

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See Also | Atriplex | Atriplex hortensis | garden orache | genus Atriplex | herb | herbaceous plant | mountain spinach

Orach In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. {Arrach}.] (Bot.) A genus ({Atriplex}) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. {Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.

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