orach

• arrach, orache

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 (atráphaxus), of unknown origin (probably loaned).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹɪt͡ʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪtʃ
• Hyphenation: or‧ach

orach (plural oraches)

1. The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex
   1. especially Atriplex hortensis
   2. or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach.
2. (dated) Lamb's quarters: frost-blite (Chenopodium album) or another plant of the genus Chenopodium.

• (Atriplex hortensis): common orach, garden orache, red orach, mountain spinach, French spinach
• (Atribplex patula): spear orach, spreading orach, spreading orache, spear saltbush

• common orach, garden orach, red orach (Atriplex hortensis)
• spear orach, spreading orach (Atriplex patula)
• sea orach (Atriplex hastata)

• lamb's quarters

• “orach”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “orach”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Charo, Roach, Rocha, achor, archo-, corah, ochra, roach