orache

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: or=ache

CIDE DICTIONARY

orache, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. . Cf. Arrach.].

 A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.  [1913 Webster]

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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orache, n. (also orach) an edible plant, Atriplex hortensis, with red, yellow, or green leaves sometimes used as a substitute for spinach or sorrel. Also called SALTBUSH.

Etymology

ME arage f. AF arasche f. L atriplex f. Gk atraphaxus