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atriplex
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Atriplex is a plant genus of 250–300 species , known by the common names of saltbush and orache (or orach ). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae (which include the Chenopodiaceae of the Cronquist system ). The genus is ...
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Atriplex \Atriplex\ n. a genus of plants of the goosefoot family ( Chenopodiaceae ); its members include species called orach and saltbush . Syn: genus Atriplex . [WordNet 1.5] ||
Usage examples of atriplex.
Nevertheless, when the seeds of the lettuce, wheat, and Atriplex were split open and applied to leaves, secretion was excited in considerable quantity in 10 hrs.
In the case of the Atriplex the secretion ran down to the margin, and after 24 hrs.
Saltbush: Any of a number species of the family Chenopodiaceae, especially of genus Atriplex and of genus Rhagodia, the latter of which is limited to Australia and New Zealand.
Lastly, the five following kinds excited no secretion, though left on the leaves for two or three days, namely lettuce, Erica tetralix, Atriplex hortensis, Phalaris canariensis, and wheat.