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Definition of Orache

1. Noun. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.

Definition of Orache

1. Noun. Any of various edible plants of the genus ''Atriplex'', especially ''A. hortensis'' or ''A. patula''. ¹

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Definition of Orache

1. orach [n -S] - See also: orach

Medical Definition of Orache

1. 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. Origin: F. Arroche, corrupted fr. L. Atriplex, Gr. Cf. Arrach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Orache

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1. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"in connection with complete poverty, when there is no money with which to buy orache to mix in with the bread, are eaten up in the form of pure bread in the ..."

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