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noun
A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A crooked stick, staff or club.
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History
From Middle English cammok (“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”), from Old English cammoc.
From Middle English camboke; see cambuca for more.
