Orach

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orach \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used
        as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atriplex \Atriplex\ n.
     a genus of plants of the goosefoot family ({Chenopodiaceae});
     its members include species called {orach} and {saltbush}.
  
     Syn: genus {Atriplex}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  orach
       n : any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that
           thrive in deserts and salt marshes [syn: {orache}]