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)