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Digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
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setterwort
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking hellebore , bear's foot , Helleborus foetidus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The bear's-foot (''Helleborus foetidus'').