orach

[ awr-uh ch, or- ]

/ ˈɔr ətʃ, ˈɒr- /

any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.

Origin of orach

1350–1400; Middle English orage, arage < Old French arache < Vulgar Latin *atripica, variant of Latin atriplic- (stem of atriplex) ≪ Greek atráphaxys

Orach, Orache, or′ach, n. one of several European plants used as spinach.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various
Orach is sometimes transplanted, but generally succeeds best when sown where the plants are to remain.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America |Fearing Burr
It feeds in July and August on orach (Atriplex), persicaria, knot-grass, and will also eat dock.

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series |Richard South
Outside the wall the samphire and orach beds are wholly marine.

The Naturalist on the Thames |C. J. Cornish