culver's-physicculver's-rootn.
A species of Speedwell, Veronica virginica, found in the eastern parts of North America, Siberia, etc., the root of which is used in medicine as an emeto-cathartic.
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1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 567 Veronica virginica is a native of the United States, and is there called Culver's Physic.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Culver's root or Culver's physic, American names for Veronica virginica.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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