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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)

  1. The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus).
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. Prior to this entry?)