waterdock
English
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A waterdock of the genus Rumex
Alternative forms
- water-dock, water dock
Etymology
From water + dock. Compare Old English ēa-docce (“Rumex aquaticus”, literally “water-dock”).
Noun
waterdock (plural waterdocks)
- (botany) Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.