canaigre

Meaning

Noun

• Rumex hymenosepalus (species), a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin.
• Tannin-containing matter obtained from the taproots of the plant.

Origin

• Possibly from Mexican Spanish canaigre, cañagre, cañaigre, variants of cañagria, from caña agria, from caña (ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾) + agria (feminine singular of agrio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-).