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setterwort |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: setterwort n : digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: {stinking hellebore}, {bear's foot}, {Helleborus foetidus}]
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