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waterdock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-dock
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.

Etymology

From water + dock. Compare Old English ēa-docce (“Rumex aquaticus”, literally “water-dock”).

Inflected Forms

waterdocks (plural) water-dock (alternative) water dock (alternative)

Questions

What does waterdock mean?
Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.
Where does waterdock come from?
From water + dock. Compare Old English ēa-docce (“Rumex aquaticus”, literally “water-dock”).

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