What is "rumex patientia"

Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr. mo`nos alone. Cf. Monachism.]

1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. ``A monk out of his cloister.''
   --Chaucer.

   Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are.
   --Ayliffe.

2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

4. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. A South American monkey ( Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.

   2. The European bullfinch.

      Monk bat (Zo["o]l.), a South American and West Indian bat ( Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves.

      Monk bird(Zo["o]l.), the friar bird.

      Monk seal (Zo["o]l.), a species of seal ( Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.

      Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called patience ( Rumex Patientia).

Parella \Pa*rel"la\, Parelle \Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F. parelle.] (Bot.)

1. A name for two kinds of dock ( Rumex Patientia and Rumex Hydrolapathum).

2. A kind of lichen ( Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.

Patience \Pa"tience\ (p[=a]"shens), n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See Patient.]

1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

   Strengthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering.
   --Col. i. 11.

   I must have patience to endure the load.
   --Shak.

   Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross.
   --Keble.

2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

   Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
   --Matt. xviii. 29.

3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

   He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
   --Harte.

4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.]
   --Hooker.

   They stay upon your patience.
   --Shak.

5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ( Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.

   Syn: Patience, Resignation.

   Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.

Rumex patientia, known as patience dock, "garden patience", "herb patience", or "monk's rhubarb", is a herbaceous perennial plant species of the genus Rumex, belonging to the family Polygonaceae. In spring it is often consumed as a leaf vegetable in Southern Europe, especially in Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. It is also used in Romania in spring broths.