Pegroots

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

  Pegroots \Peg"roots`\ (p[e^]g"r[=oo]ts`), n.
     Same as {Setterwort}.
     [1913 Webster]