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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

or orach noun Etymology: Middle English orage, arage, from Anglo-French orasche, arache, from Vulgar Latin *atrapic-, atrapex, from Greek atraphaxys Date: 14th century any of various herbs (genus Atriplex) of the goosefoot family that include some (as A. hortensis) with edible leaves

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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