Category:Orach

Or"ach, or"ache, n. Etym: [f. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, gr. Arrach.] (bot.)

Defn: 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.