genus Atriplex

Also found in: Thesaurus.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

genus Atriplex - orach; saltbush

Atriplex

caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family - includes spinach and beets

orach, orache - any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes

saltbush - any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Likewise, we found no reports of beavers using these species (or any member of the genus Atriplex), although some studies have reported beavers occasionally using other species of Rhus (e.g., Nixon and Ely, 1969).

Habitat and forage selection by the American beaver (Castor Canadensis) on a regulated river in the Chihuahuan desert

Chenopodiaceous constitute one of the most important halophyte families; genus Atriplex is one example.

Use of some physiological and biochemical traits as adaptative response to saltsodic stress in Atriplex nummularia

The pattern-ground chenopod shrubland complexes in Australia are predominantly vegetated by the plant genus Atriplex if the slope is 1-5% (Macdonald et al.