orach

Meaning

Noun

• The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex
• Lamb's quarters: frost-blite (Chenopodium album) or another plant of the genus Chenopodium.

Related

Similar words

• common orach, garden orache, red orach, mountain spinach, French spinach
• spear orach, spreading orach, spreading orache, spear saltbush

Origin

• From Middle English arage, from Anglo-Norman arace, arache; apparently an irregular derivation from Old French arepe, from classical Latin atriplex, from Ancient Greek ἀτράφαξυς, of unknown origin (probably a loan-word).