English Explanatory Dictionary

candock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
  2. A horsetail of species Equisetum telmateia.
  3. A yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Word forms

candock candocks

Etymology

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

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