orach

Questions about orach

What does orach mean?

orach means "any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes".

How many syllables are in orach?

orach has 2 syllables and divides as o-rach under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for orach?

Close synonyms include orache. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orach a common word?

orach is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.