The result is that, for instance, in the Monk's Vegetable Garden you'll see fennel, nettles, arugula, marigolds and orache -- an early variety of spinach -- but not tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and sweetcorn, which only came to Europe after Christopher Columbus's voyages to America, "Mr. Charoy says. From Wordnik.com. [Gardens of Delight] Reference
Job, xxx, 4, for the orache or sea-purslain, Atriplex halimus, from Heb. malluakh, derived from melakh, "salt", as halimus from ’áls. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
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