noun
- any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
noun
- any of several herbaceous plants or small shrubs of the chenopodiaceous genus Atriplex, esp A. hortensis (garden orache), which is cultivated as a vegetable. They have typically greyish-green lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers