waterdock

noun

waterdock

noun

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

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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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