bitter dock

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbroad-leaved dockyellow dockRumex obtusifolius

   Broaderdock

Questions about bitter dock

What does bitter dock mean?

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

What is another word for bitter dock?

Close synonyms include broad-leaved dock, yellow dock, Rumex obtusifolius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bitter dock a common word?

bitter dock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.