| NOUN | plant | Culvers root, Culver's root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum | a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers |
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| Meaning | A tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America. | |
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| Synonyms | Culver's 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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