culver[s_root (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Culver's root*:
NOUN	plant	Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum	a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers

English > *Culver's root*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America.
Synonyms	Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum
Member of	Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family	A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Broader	asterid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

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