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noun
Rumex hymenosepalus, a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Synonyms: tanner's dock, wild rhubarb
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Tannin-containing matter obtained from the taproots of the plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Possibly from Mexican Spanish canaigre, cañagre, cañaigre, variants of cañagria, from caña agria (“canaigre”, literally “sour cane”), from caña (“cane; reed”) (ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na)) + agria (feminine singular of agrio (“sour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- (“sharp”)).
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