Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Bear's-foot \Bear's"-foot`\ (-f[oo^]t`), n. (Bot.)
A species of hellebore ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus}), with
digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste,
and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
Source : WordNet®
Helleborus foetidus
n : digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and
irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: {stinking
hellebore}, {bear's foot}, {setterwort}]