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Definition: pegroots
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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