setterwort

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

setterwort (usually uncountable, plural setterworts)

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1863-1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants