Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, having edible leaves that taste somewhat like spinach.
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- noun Any of various edible plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis or A. patula.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Best of the bunch, the three of us agreed, were the aforementioned mackerel served with orache a native weed often found on waste ground, broccoli, both limp and petrified, and a dribble of
Evening Standard - Home Fay Maschler 2011
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The result is that, for instance, in the Monk's Vegetable Garden you'll see fennel, nettles, arugula, marigolds and orache -- an early variety of spinach -- but not tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and sweetcorn, which only came to Europe after Christopher Columbus's voyages to America, "Mr. Charoy says.
Gardens of Delight 2010
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In the late Middle Ages the Arabs brought it to Europe, where it soon displaced its smaller-leaved relatives orache and lamb’s-quarters, as well as amaranth and sorrel.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In the late Middle Ages the Arabs brought it to Europe, where it soon displaced its smaller-leaved relatives orache and lamb’s-quarters, as well as amaranth and sorrel.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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