About The Word Setterwort
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Setterwort
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What's The Definition Of Setterwort?
[n] digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
Synonyms | Synonyms for Setterwort: bear's foot | Helleborus foetidus | stinking hellebore Related Terms | Find terms related to Setterwort: See Also | hellebore Setterwort In Webster's Dictionary \Set"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The bear's-foot ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus}); -- so called
because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons
into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also {pegroots}. --Dr.
Prior.
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