docken
/ˈdɒk(ə)n
/noun chiefly Scottish
Another term for dock4 (the plant).After thoroughly double-digging my fruit plot before planting, I've discovered a huge docken has just appeared through the thick mulch....
- He surveyed the grounds with their hen-houses, rust-bound corrugated iron sheds, broken down tractors, potato patches and clothes poles chest high in dockens with full heads of seeds.
Origin
Late Middle English: apparently from Old English doccan, plural of docce (see dock4).