orach

American  

[awr-uhch, or-] / ˈɔr ətʃ, ˈɒr- /

Or orache

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of orach

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

Example Sentences

Little manila coin envelopes filled with seeds of a dark purple poppy, cobalt blue love-in-a-mist, fragrant sweet peas, ruby orach, rusty foxglove — and yes, Miss Willmott’s “ghost” — make up my garden’s currency.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Try purple orach, too, with its tender foliage, rich in antioxidants.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2015

He favored the rare and unusual such as orach, asparagus bean, and sprout kale, foods that are likely almost impossible to find in Virginia today.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2014

And in a subsequent passage he says— Now is the time for a man to go and find pepper, And seed of orach, and fruit, and buy it, and bring it here.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

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

From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)