English Explanatory Dictionary

setterwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus).

Word forms

setterwort setterworts

Etymology

From setter + wort. The root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle.

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