Culver's Root Definition
kŭlvərz
noun
A perennial herb (Veronicastrum virginicum) native to eastern North America, having whorled leaves and small white or pinkish flowers in slender spikes.
American Heritage Medicine
The rootstock of this plant, formerly used in medicine as a cathartic and an emetic.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Culver's Root
After Culver , 18th-century American physician
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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