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单词 patience dock
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patience dockn.

Brit. /ˌpeɪʃns ˈdɒk/, U.S. /ˌpeɪʃ(ə)ns ˈdɑk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: patience n.2, dock n.1
Etymology: < patience n.2 + dock n.1 With sense 1 compare earlier passions n. and discussion at that entry.
1. English regional (northern). The plant bistort, Polygonum bistorta. Cf. passions n., passion dock n., patient dock n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies
adderwortOE
arsesmarta1300
persicarya1400
persicaria?a1450
polygonya1500
buckwheat1548
polygonum1562
passions1568
bistort1578
oysterloit1578
goat's wheat1597
peachwort1597
plumbago1597
redshank1597
snake-weed1597
dragonwort1656
smartweed1787
patience dock1796
red-legs1820
passion dock1828
smartgrass1837
mud knotweed1845
jointweed1866
tear-thumb1866
pinch-weed1883
knotweed1884
sachaline1901
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 383 The young shoots are eaten in herb pudding in the North of England,..and about Manchester, they are substituted for greens under the name of Patience Dock.
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Sept. 631/1 The young shoots are eaten under the name of Patience Dock.
1958 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1975) 247 Easter Ledger Pudding, in which Polygonum bistorta is an ingredient, is still eaten in the Lake District at Easter time, or properly in Passion-tide, the last two weeks of Lent, which explains ‘Passion Dock’ and ‘Patience Dock’.
1994 Guardian 14 Sept. i. 19/3 Its Easter connection is reflected in its various local names: passion dock or patience dock, Easter mangiant [etc.].
2. A dock, Rumex patientia, formerly much grown as a pot-herb. Cf. patience n.2, patient dock n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies
red dockeOE
dockc1000
rhubarbc1390
docken1423
patience?a1425
round dock1526
Rumex1565
wild patience1578
bloody dock1597
monk's rhubarb1597
Welsh sorrel1640
butterdock1688
mountain rhapontic1728
mountain sorrel1753
Rheum1753
redshank1810
patience dock1816
fiddle-dock1823
canaigre1868
nettle-docken1891
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal II. 498 Rumex Patientia; Patience Dock, or Rhubarb.
1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. i. 715 Herb Patience, or Patience Dock..is a hardy perennial plant, a native of Italy, introduced in 1573.
1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 513 Patience dock comes early, and makes good greens.
1926 K. A. Wiegand & A. J. Eames Flora of Cayuga Lake Basin, N.Y.: Vascular Plants 186 Patientia L. Patience Dock. Roadsides and fields, in rich loamy soils.
1940 J. A. Steyermark Spring Flora Missouri 164 Patience Dock (Rumex Patientia L. var. kurdicus Boiss.). Smooth stout perennial plant, 2-5 ft. (6-15 dm.) tall.
1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 204 Many other large-leaved green plants were employed in this pottage, including..patience dock, borage and bugloss.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 111/1 Monk's-rhubarb, R. pseudoalpinus... Like patience dock, R. patientia, it is a native of continental Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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patience dock
patience dock n. (or passions dock) R. patientia; also locally applied to Polygonum bistorta.extracted from dockn.1
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