Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A perennial herb (Veronicastrum virginicum) native to eastern North America, having whorled leaves and small white or pinkish flowers in slender spikes.
- noun The rootstock of this plant, formerly used in medicine as a cathartic and an emetic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Culver's-physic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America
- noun a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Culver, 18th-century American physician.]
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