- Pegroots
- Pegroots Peg"roots` (p[e^]g"r[=oo]ts`), n. Same as {Setterwort}. [1913 Webster]
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Pegroots
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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Helleborus foetidus — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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