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poach verb1 trans. LME.
[Old French pochier (mod. pocher) orig. enclose in a bag, from poche bag, pocket.]
Cook (an egg) without the shell in simmering, or over boiling, water; transf. cook (fish, fruit, etc.) by simmering in water or another liquid. Earliest as poached ppl adjective.
poached-egg flower, poached-egg plant a small Californian annual, Limnanthes douglasii (family Limnanthaceae), with white and yellow flowers, grown for ornament.