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or·ach also or·ache  (ôrch, r-)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, having edible, spinachlike leaves.

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[Middle English orage, arage, from Old French arrache, from Vulgar Latin *tripica, from Latin triplex, triplic-, from Greek atraphaxus.]

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orache - any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes orach Atriplex, genus Atriplex - orach; saltbush Atriplex hortensis, garden orache, mountain spinach - Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests