Setterwort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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