Definition of "orache" []

• Any of various edible plants of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis or A. patula. (noun)

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• "Best of the bunch, the three of us agreed, were the aforementioned mackerel served with orache a native weed often found on waste ground, broccoli, both limp and petrified, and a dribble of"
• "The result is that, for instance, in the Monk's Vegetable Garden you'll see fennel, nettles, arugula, marigolds and orache -- an early variety of spinach -- but not tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and sweetcorn, which only came to Europe after Christopher Columbus's voyages to America, "Mr. Charoy says."
• "In the late Middle Ages the Arabs brought it to Europe, where it soon displaced its smaller-leaved relatives orache and lamb’s-quarters, as well as amaranth and sorrel."