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| any plant of the genus Atriplex, esp. A. hortensis, of the goosefoot family, cultivated for use like spinach. |
| or·ach also or·ache (ôr'ĭch, ŏr'-) n. Any of various plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, having edible, spinachlike leaves. [Middle English orage, arage, from Old French arrache, from Vulgar Latin *ātripica, from Latin ātriplex, ātriplic-, from Greek atraphaxus.] |