ATRIPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atriplex mean? 

• ATRIPLEX (noun)
  The noun ATRIPLEX has 1 sense:

1. orach; saltbush

  Familiarity information: ATRIPLEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRIPLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orach; saltbush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atriplex; genus Atriplex

Hypernyms ("Atriplex" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Atriplex"):

orach; orache (any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes)

saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)

Holonyms ("Atriplex" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)