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Atriplex hortensis Orach Or"ach, Orache Or"ache, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.)
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.
Elaeagnus hortensis Oleaster O`le*as"ter, n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See
Olive, Oil.] (Bot.)
(a) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).
(b) Any species of the genus El[ae]agus. See Eleagnus.
The small silvery berries of the common species
(El[ae]agnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates,
and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
S hortensis Whitethroat White"throat`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also
strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the
garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and
the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).
Silvia hortensis Beccafico Bec`ca*fi"co, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by
the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn,
when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.
Sylvia hortensis Pettychaps Pet"ty*chaps, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
