can-dockn.
/ˈkandɒk/ The Yellow Water-lily. Also applied to the White Water-lily; see quots.
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1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) xx. 242 To kill the water weeds, as Water-lillies, Candocks..and Bull-rushes that breede there.
1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 555 Nymphæa alba [called Watercan] at Tamworth, from the half unfolded leaves floating on the water, being supposed to resemble cans... Can-dock; Worcestershire.]
1820 T. F. Salter Troller's Guide 88 Candock Weeds (by some called the Water Lily).
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 707 Nymphæa alba, White Water-Lily..White water-can, Candock.
1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Can-dock, from its broad leaves, and the shape of its seed vessel, like that of a silver can or flagon. Dan. aa-kande, the yellow water-lily.
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