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Definition of water dock in English: water docknoun ˈwɔːtə dɒk Any of several aquatic or waterside plants with large or broad leaves; especially those of the genus Rumex (family Polygonaceae), as western or Scottish dock, R. aquaticus, and (more fully "giant water dock", "great water dock") R. hydrolapathum of streams and lakesides in Europe and western Asia.
nounˈwɔːtə dɒk A docking place for a boat.
Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Alphita. From water + dock
late 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. Definition of water dock in US English: water docknounˈwɔːtə dɒk Any of several aquatic or waterside plants with large or broad leaves; especially those of the genus Rumex (family Polygonaceae), as western or Scottish dock, R. aquaticus, and (more fully "giant water dock", "great water dock") R. hydrolapathum of streams and lakesides in Europe and western Asia.
nounˈwɔːtə dɒk A docking place for a boat.
Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Alphita. From water + dock<br>late 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. |