['ɔ:rәtʃ]
n.
<主美>=orache

[ noun ]
any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
<noun.plant>

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.

{Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.

Atriplex \Atriplex\ n.
a genus of plants of the goosefoot family ({Chenopodiaceae});
its members include species called {orach} and {saltbush}.

Syn: genus {Atriplex}.
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