orach Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
    orache.

WordNet

Or"ach, Or"ache noun (Also<
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Etymology
F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. . Cf. Arrach.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.

Webster 1913