YELLOW DOCK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America

Synonyms:

bitter dock; broad-leaved dock; Rumex obtusifolius; yellow dock

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yellow dock" is a kind of...):

dock; sorrel; sour grass (any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine)

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