Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of apetalous plants of the order Polygonaceæ, type of the tribe Rumiceæ.
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- noun docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions
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A different thought: I really love the seed heads on grasses, and also on plants like sorrel and dock, which are both in the genus rumex.
cleansing magic asakiyume 2007
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The generic name of several Docks is _rumex_, from the
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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We ate occasionally the _bisnada_, and moistened our mouths with the acid of the sour dock, (_rumex venosus_.)
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656
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