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garden patience

garden patience noun: any of several dock plants of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex patientia.

Noun

garden patience (uncountable)

  1. Any of several dock plants of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex patientia.
    Synonyms:
    patience dock

Synonyms of garden patience

Origin of garden patience

From garden and a corruption of Low Vulgar Latin lapathium.

Questions about garden patience

What does garden patience mean?
Garden patience means any of several dock plants of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex patientia.
What part of speech is garden patience?
Garden patience is a noun.

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