HyperDic: culvers_physic

English > 1 sense of the expression Culvers physic:
NOUNplantCulvers physic, Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicuma tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers
English > Culvers physic: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America.
SynonymsCulver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum
Member ofScrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

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