Rumex : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rumex	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Rumex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rumex n docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Synonym(s): Rumex, genus Rumex
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polygonaceous \Pol`ygona"ceous\, a. [See {Polygonum}.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants ({Polygonace[91]}), of which the knotweeds (species of {Polygonum}) are the type, and which includes also the docks ({Rumex}), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape ({Coccoloba}), and several other genera.