Bible Dictionaries
Setterwort

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); - so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Setterwort'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/setterwort.html. 1828.