English Explanatory Dictionary

cammock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
  2. A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
noun
  1. A crooked stick, staff or club.

Word forms

cammock cammocks

Etymology

From Middle English cammok (“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”), from Old English cammoc.

Derived words

cammocky
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