Definitions for orach

orach or·ach

Spelling: [awr-uh ch, or-]
IPA: /ˈɔr ətʃ, ˈɒr-/

Orach is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in orach (achor).

Definitions for orach

noun

  1. 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

Examples for orach

orach, orache, or′ach, n. one of several European plants used as spinach.

Outside the wall the samphire and orach beds are wholly marine.

orach is sometimes transplanted, but generally succeeds best when sown where the plants are to remain.

It feeds in July and August on orach (Atriplex), persicaria, knot-grass, and will also eat dock.

Word Value for orach
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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