culver's root

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culver's root - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Culver's physic \Cul"ver's phys"ic\, or Culver's root \Cul"ver's
  root`\ [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.)
     The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra Virginica syn.
     Veronica Virginica) common in most moist woods of North
     America, used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the
     plant itself.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

culver's root - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Culver's root
      n 1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or
           purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn:
           Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic,
           Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum]