dockmackie

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English

Leaves and berries of a dockmackie bush.

Etymology

From Algonquian, perhaps from Lenape dogekumak (“an unknown smokable plant”) via Dutch (whence the diminutive ending -ie),[1][2] or perhaps from a Mahican word.[3]

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Noun

dockmackie (plural dockmackies)

  1. A viburnum of species Viburnum acerifolium, native to eastern North America.
    Synonyms: maple-leaf viburnum, maple-leaved arrowwood

References

  1. ^ Chamberlain, Alexander F. (1902 October–December) “Algonkian Words in American English: A Study in the Contact of the White Man and The Indian”, in The Journal of American Folk-Lore‎, volume XV, number LIX, American Folk-Lore Society, →DOI, page 244
  2. ^ “dockmackie”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ “dockmackie”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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