What is a kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb called?
patience — (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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