candock

English

Candocks (Equisetum telmateia)

Candocks (Nuphar luteum)

Etymology

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

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Noun

candock (plural candocks)

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

References

• “candock”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “candock”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “candock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.