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SETTERWORTS
Noun
setterworts
plural of setterwort
Source: Wiktionary
SETTERWORT
Set"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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