Main Entry: ¹dock

Pronunciation: \ˈdäk\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock

Date: before 12th century

1 : any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs
2 : any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)