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Atriplex

noun

orach; saltbush

• Syn: ↑genus Atriplex

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑family Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑orach, ↑orache, ↑saltbush

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\\ˈa.trəˌpleks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, orache — more at orache

: a widely distributed genus of herbs or subshrubs (family Chenopodiaceae) with small diclinous flowers and utricular fruit enclosed in two bracts — see orache

Useful english dictionary. 2012.