noun
Meaning 1
A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
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noun
A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
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noun
A horsetail of species Equisetum telmateia.
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A yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
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History
Probably can (“from use to polish cans and other metal objects”) + dock (“plant”). Compare German Kannenkraut (“horsetail”), literally "canweed".