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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]