(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:03:34

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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