cammock

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cammok (“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”), from Old English cammoc. ==== Noun ==== cammock (countable and uncountable, plural cammocks) A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots. A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris). ===== Derived terms ===== cammocky ===== References ===== “cammock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English camboke; see cambuca for more. ==== Noun ==== cammock (plural cammocks) A crooked stick, staff or club.