Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rumicin \Ru"mi*cin\, n. (Chem.)
   A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow
   dock ({Rumex crispus}) and identical with {chrysophanic
   acid}.

Dock \Dock\ (d[o^]k), n. [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
   docken-bl["a]tter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin
   to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. ?, ?, a kind of parsnip or carrot,
   used in medicine. Cf. {Burdock}.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants ({Rumex}), some species of which are
   well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult
   of extermination.

   Note: Yellow dock is {Rumex crispus}, with smooth curly
         leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is
         used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.