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whorlywort

DEFINITIONS OF: whorlywort

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n a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America

Synonyms:
Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Type of:
asterid dicot genus
genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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