noun. One of several Old World plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, the garden-orach. See Atriplex and mountain-spinach.

noun. A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.

noun. a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.

noun. Any of several plants, of the genus Atriplex, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach.

noun. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes

"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."

dog's-orach  orach moth  

orache  

Herb  herbaceous plant  

atriplex hortensis  garden orache  mountain spinach