CANDOCK

Etymology

Noun

candock (plural candocks)

A plant or weed that grows in rivers.

A kind of horsetail (Equisetum telmateia).

The yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Source: Wiktionary


Can"dock n. Etym: [Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. "canweed."] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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