orach

or or·ache

[ awr-uhch, or- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of orach¹

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

Example Sentences

Little manila coin envelopes filled with seeds of a dark purple poppy, cobalt blue love-in-a-mist, fragrant sweet peas, ruby orach, rusty foxglove — and yes, Miss Willmott’s “ghost” — make up my garden’s currency.

From Seattle Times

The garden’s blowsy beauty is enhanced by plants left to go to seed, like the ferny fluffs of asparagus and fennel, and the tumbled masses of red- and gold-tinged orach.

From Seattle Times

Ube, a purple yam, is the new “It” root vegetable; orach, also called mountain spinach, could be the new kale.

From New York Times

Try purple orach, too, with its tender foliage, rich in antioxidants.

From Washington Post

The herbs used for jouutes are “borage, violet, mallows, parsley, young worts, beet, avens, buglos and orach”; and it is recommended to use two or three marrow bones in making the broth.

From Project Gutenberg