Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The goldenclub, Orontium aquaticum. See
Orontium . - noun A tall dock, Rumex Hydrolapathum, of temperate Europe and Asia. Also called
horse- or water-sorrel. R. aquaticus also appears under this name. The great or American water-dock is R. Britannica (R. orbiculatus).
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Examples
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We went on swiftly enough, and every time that I turned the great towers had grown fainter in the haze; we slid by the green flood-banks, with here and there a bunch of kingcups blazing in glory, the elbows of the bank full of white cow-parsley, comfrey, and water-dock.
The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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In the tea-gardens at Bayswater Sir John Hill cultivated medicinal plants, and prepared his "water-dock essence" and "balm of honey."
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Sarah Tytler 1870
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(great water-dock), in 1857; noticed it was large seeded in 1853, common.
The Maine Woods 1858
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