An archaic or dialectal term for burdock, a common wild plant with burrs; sometimes used as a surname.
From Old English or dialectal roots related to 'burdock' (the plant, from 'burr' and 'dock'). The term appears regionally and may be a variant pronunciation or regional name for the burdock plant.
Plant names show incredible regional variation—what's 'burdock' in standard English was 'hardock' in some dialects, and surnames like 'Hardock' reveal that family names often come from where ancestors lived or what plants grew there.
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