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A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.

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  1. n. A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.
  2. n. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
  3. A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.
  4. n any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes