can-dock
(ˈkændɒk)
[f. can n.1 + dock n.1]
The Yellow Water-lily. Also applied to the White Water-lily; see quots.
| 1661 Walton Angler (ed. 3) xx. 242 To kill the water weeds, as Water-lillies, Candocks..and Bull-rushes that breede there. [1787 Withering Bot. Arrangem. (ed. 2) II. 555 (Britten & Holl.), Nymphæa alba [called Watercan] at Tamworth, from the half unfolded leaves floating on the water, being supposed to resemble cans.] 1820 Salter Troller's Guide 88 Candock Weeds (by some called the Water Lily). 1821 S. F. Gray Brit. Plants II. 707 Nymphæa alba, White Water-Lily..White water-can, Candock. 1879 Prior Plant-n., Can-dock, from its broad leaves, and the shape of its seed vessel, like that of a silver can or flagon. Dan. aa-kande, the yellow water-lily. |