What is "setterwort"

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.

n. The bear's-foot (''Helleborus foetidus'').

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