CULVER'S ROOT


Meaning of CULVER'S ROOT in English

1. the root of a tall plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, of the figwort family, having spikelike clusters of small, white, tubular flowers, used in medicine as a cathartic and emetic.

2. the plant.

[ 1710-20, Amer.; named after Dr. Culver, 17th-18th-century American physician ]

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