Found 2 items, similar to setterwort.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: setterwort setterwort n : digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking hellebore , bear's foot, Helleborus foetidus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Setterwort 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. [1913 Webster]