orach

or or·ache

[ awr-uhch, or- ]

noun

1. any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orach¹

1350–1400; Middle English orage, arage < Old French arache < Vulgar Latin *atripica, variant of Latin atriplic- (stem of atriplex ) ≪ Greek atráphaxys

Example Sentences

Orach, Orache, or′ach, n. one of several European plants used as spinach.

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It feeds in July and August on orach (Atriplex), persicaria, knot-grass, and will also eat dock.

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Orach is sometimes transplanted, but generally succeeds best when sown where the plants are to remain.

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Outside the wall the samphire and orach beds are wholly marine.

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