Definition of Culver's root

1. Noun. A tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America.

Exact synonyms: Culver's Physic, Culvers Physic, Culvers Root, Veronicastrum Virginicum, Whorlywort
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family, Foxglove Family, Scrophulariaceae

Medical Definition of Culver's root

1. Dried rhizome and roots of Veronicastrum virginicum (family Serophulariaceae). Indigenous to North America. Formerly used as a cathartic. Synonym: black root, Culver's root. (05 Mar 2000)

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