orach

Noun

or=ach

WORDNET DICTIONARY

orach(n = noun.plant) orache - any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes;

is a member of atriplex, genus atriplex

has particulars: atriplex hortensis, garden orache, mountain spinach

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

orach, 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.