orache

British

/ ˈɒrɪtʃ /

noun

any of several herbaceous plants or small shrubs of the chenopodiaceous genus Atriplex, esp A. hortensis ( garden orache ), which is cultivated as a vegetable. They have typically greyish-green lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers

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Etymology

Origin of orache

C15: from Old French arache, from Latin atriplex, from Greek atraphaxus, of obscure origin

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