atriplex hortensis

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atriplex hortensis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

atriplex hortensis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Atriplex hortensis
      n 1: Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb;
           naturalized in Europe and North America [syn: garden orache
           , mountain spinach, Atriplex hortensis]