orach

3 definitions found

orach - 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 \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]

orach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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