setterwort

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setterwort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

setterwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  setterwort
      n 1: digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and
           irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking hellebore
           , bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus
           ]