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Webster 1913 Edition
Setterwort
Set′ter-wortˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
The bear’s-foot (
Helleborus fœtidus
); – so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots
. Dr. Prior.
Definition 2024
setterwort
setterwort
English
Noun
setterwort (usually uncountable, plural setterworts)
- The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. Prior to this entry?)