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noun any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
originFrom Middle English arage, from Anglo-Norman arace, arache; apparently an irregular derivation from Old French arepe, from classical Latin atriplex, from Ancient Greek ἀτράφαξυς (atráphaxus), of unknown origin (probably loaned).
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