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candock

noun

Etymology

Probably can (“from use to polish cans and other metal objects”) + dock (“plant”). Compare German Kannenkraut (“horsetail”), literally "canweed".

  1. inherited from *dʰew-✻ — “dark”
  2. inherited from *dukkǭ✻
  3. inherited from *dokkā✻
  4. inherited from docce
  5. inherited from dokke
  6. compounded as candock — “can + dock”

Definitions

  1. A plant or weed that grows in rivers.

  2. A horsetail of species Equisetum telmateia.

  3. A yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA