资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rumicin \Ru"mi*cin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow
dock ({Rumex crispus}) and identical with {chrysophanic
acid}.
Dock \Dock\ (d[o^]k), n. [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
docken-bl["a]tter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin
to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. ?, ?, a kind of parsnip or carrot,
used in medicine. Cf. {Burdock}.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants ({Rumex}), some species of which are
well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult
of extermination.
Note: Yellow dock is {Rumex crispus}, with smooth curly
leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is
used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.