'Setterwort' definitions:
Definition of '
setterwort
'
From:
WordNet
noun
Digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn:
stinking hellebore
,
bear's foot
, setterwort,
Helleborus foetidus
]
Definition of '
Setterwort
'
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]
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