Medical Dictionary

Culver's root

noun

Medical Definition of CULVER'S ROOT

1
:  a tall perennial herb (Veronicastrum virginicum) common in eastern North America
2
:  the rhizome and roots of Culver's root used as a cathartic—called also leptandra

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