|
|
Definition of Orach
1. Noun. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
Group relationships: Atriplex, Genus Atriplex
Specialized synonyms: Atriplex Hortensis, Garden Orache, Mountain Spinach
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Orach
1. n. A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.
Definition of Orach
1. Noun. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Atriplex'', found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orach
1. a cultivated plant [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orach
Literary usage of Orach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pantropheon, Or, History of Food, and Its Preparation, from the Earliest by Alexis Soyer (1853)
"orach. Few vegetables have been more exposed to injurious accusations. Pythagoras
reproaches it with causing a livid paleness, dropsy, and the scrofula, ..."
2. The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan (1915)
"His knees jerked and a sound like a rotten stick of wood, breaking, came rom his
open mouth. "A-orach!" XXXVII IE would breathe for possibly an hour longer, ..."
Other Resources:
