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orach, orache|ˈɒrətʃ|
Forms: 5–6 arage, 5–8 orage, 6 arech(e, oreche, (aretch), 6–7 arach(e, 7 a-, orrage, 7–8 a-, orrach, 6– orach(e.
[In 15th c. arage, 16th c. arache, a. Anglo-F. arasche (c 1265 in Vocab. Plant-n., Wr.-Wülcker 559), F. arroche (Paré 16th c.), Norman-Picard form (Berry arrosse, Walloon ârase, Namur aurause) = It. atrepice:—L. atriplic-em, in nom. atriplex, ad. Gr. ἀτράϕαξυς, -ις (ἀδρα-, ἀνδράϕαξις).]
A plant of the genus Atriplex, family Chenopodiaceæ; esp. the garden orach or Mountain Spinach (A. hortensis).
wild orach, A. patula (including several sub-species), a weed in gardens and cultivated ground in Great Britain.
c1430Two Cookery-bks. i. 5 Take Borage,..Bete, Auence, Longebeff, wyth Orage an oþer. c1440Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 426 Take cole..and betes, and arage..and sethe hom. c1440Promp. Parv. 13/2 Arage, herb, attriplex. 1551Turner Herbal i. E v b, Areche is of two kyndes: the one is garden areche,..the other kynde is called in englyshe, wyld areche: and it groweth abrode in the corne feldes. 1563T. Hill Art Garden. (1593) 48 The hearbe named Orach or Arage. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 34 Arache vsed in pottage, openeth the belly. 1586Bright Melanch. xxxix. 251 Rocket and taragon are not to be refused; no more is aretch. 1657C. Beck Univ. Character I iv, Orage herb. 1769Sir J. Hill Fam. Herbal (1812) 12 There is another kind of arrach..called garden arrach, it is an annual raised from seed, for the use of the kitchen. 1837C. A. Wheelwright Transl. Aristophanes I. 321 Full of calumnies, that grow like orrache. 1855Delamer Kitch. Gard. (1861) 94 Orache, or Mountain Spinach—Atriplex hortensis. Of this handsome plant there are two principal varieties.
b. Comb., as orach-like adj.: orach-moth, Hadena atriplicis, a noctuid moth, the caterpillar of which feeds on the orach.
1712J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 423 Its thick Orach-like jagged Leaves. 1869Newman Brit. Moths 417 The Orache Moth..The caterpillar..feeds on various species of orache, goosefoot,..and many other low plants. |