bitter dock
broad-leaved dock
dock leaf
butter dock
rumex obtusifolius latin

Rumex obtusifolius, where it may be derived from "Bitter Dock" but is also associated with the historic use of broad-leaf dock to wrap and preserve butter.

Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock, Dock Leaf or Butter Dock, is a perennial weed, native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world.

Some, such as stinging nettle, rosebay willow herb, broad-leaved dock, dandelion and bramble, are typical of disturbed land, but there are many others.

Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve butter.

Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock, Dock Leaf or Butter Dock, is a perennial weed, native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world.

In Western Europe, dock leaves are a traditional remedy for the sting of nettles, and suitable larger docks (such as broad-leaved dock Rumex obtusifolius or curled dock Rumex crispus) often grow conveniently in similar habitats to the common nettle (Urtica dioica).

"They must," agreed Judy, as though grass and dock leaves were familiar to her.

Covering his eyes with a dock leaf, he began counting aloud in baby fashion.

Is that like a dock leaf when you?

Crossly, he came out of the bushes and searched around for a dock leaf.

Check out this traditional recipe, which uses dock leaves and nettle tops.

"Darkclaw, send those ferrets out for more dock leaves, will you?"

Cuts and bites were treated with dock leaves or mustard ltices.

There was vomit on a dock leaf and near it a tiny globule of blood.

He touched the dock leaf wrapped tenderly 'round his snout.

In foods, water dock leaves are used in salads.

He dismounted, fanning himself with a dock leaf, and was unprepared for the sheer cutting quality of the man who turned back to him.

The Dock Leaf had shed one generation of low-life drinkers, and discovered another.

He wrapped his bundle of sticks in a large dock leaf before taking it into his mouth, and showed Thakur how to do the same.

Boggs applied a dock leaf poultice to Badrang's shoulder.

When they quit the pine grove she made a compress of rain-wet dock leaves and bound it to his forehead.

Next to dock leaf?

The Skidians seemed to have forgotten this basic necessity and it wasn't as if Bruce could grab a handy dock leaf or something.

Dock leaf yeah.

The fat mouse took off his cap and apron and mopped his brow with a dock leaf.

The 'milk' of the dock leaf is known to contain tannins and oxalic acid, which is an astringent.

"We was out searching for dock leaves, Chief, way out across those fields over there-" Cluny halted them.

Dock leaves are an excellent source of both vitamin A and protein, and are rich in iron and potassium.

Elmjak hurried to his side and calmed him, bathing the badger's fevered brow with dampened dock leaves.

In a separate twist of dock leaf was the thighbone of a frog which had been Airmid's gift to mark the end of summer.

They tend to hurt a lot and have several different cures (e.g. for stinging nettles stings, rub a dock leaf on it).

Butter dock is an ambiguous term for certain plants, based on a misunderstanding of other common names of these.

Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve butter.

Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock, Dock Leaf or Butter Dock, is a perennial weed, native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world.

Broad leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius)

Rumex obtusifolius (I)

Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve butter.

For instance, herbivory on the broadleaf dock (Rumex obtusifolius) by the green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) induces an increased activity in cell wall-bound peroxidase.

For example, many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken,(Rumex obtusifolius) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief.