n. Any of several plants, of the genus Atriplex, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One of several Old World plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, the garden-orach. See Atriplex and mountain-spinach.
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n. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
Word Usage
"Bittman also inspired me to grow amaranth, orach, and cultivated strains of purslane, dandelions and watercress in my garden, and to harvest their wild cousins instead of composting them."