'Pegroots' definitions:
Definition of 'Pegroots'
From: GCIDE
- Pegroots \Peg"roots`\ (p[e^]g"r[=oo]ts`), n. Same as Setterwort. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pegroots'
From: GCIDE
- Setterwort \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. [1913 Webster]