Definition of Atriplex hortensis

1. Noun. Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America.

Exact synonyms: Garden Orache, Mountain Spinach
Generic synonyms: Orach, Orache

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atriplex Hortensis

Atlantides
Atlantis
Atlantist
Atlas
Atlas Mountains
Atlas cedar
Atlas lion
Atlas moth
Atlas moths
Atmungsferment
Atomic Age
Atomic Energy Commission
Atrichornis
Atrichornithidae
Atriplex
Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Atriplex mexicana
Atromid-S
Atropa
Atropa belladonna
Atropatene
Atropidae
Atropos
Atrovent
Atsera
Atsugewi
Attacapa
Attacapan

Literary usage of Atriplex hortensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1852)
"WATSON, HEWETT COTTRELL, FLS Reply to an inquiry respecting atriplex hortensis, 479; Asplenium germanicum in Northumberland; ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"atriplex hortensis rubra. Bank. pin. 119./ Red Garden Orache. Nat. of Tartary. Cult. 1548. Turner's names of herbes, sign. ..."

3. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"atriplex hortensis, 63. Atriplex nummularia, 63. Atriplex patula, 415, 591, 595- Atriplex rosea, 63. Atropa Belladonna, crystals, "43- Aucuba ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"atriplex hortensis, or garden Orach, if often cooked and eaten as spinach, to which it is by sonic persons preferred. [\VH] MALL'UCH (Tjt? ..."

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