Culver's physic

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Cul´ver's phys´ic

(Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra Virginica syn. Veronica Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.

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Culver's physic - a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America

Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort

asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, Scrophulariaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales

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