waterdock

English

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Etymology

From water +‎ dock. Compare Old English ēa-docce (“Rumex aquaticus”, literally “water-dock”).

Noun

waterdock (plural waterdocks)

  1. (botany) Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.
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