atriplex

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ātrĭplex, plĭcis (more ancient form ātrĭplexum, i, n., Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll.), n. (m., Plin. Val. 4, 7; f., Aemil. Macer Cap. de Atripl.), = ἀτράφαξις,

the orach , a kitchen vegetable , Col. 10, 377; 11, 3, 42; Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 99; 19, 7, 35, § 117; 20, 20, 83, § 219; Pall. 5, 3, 3.