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culver's physic
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culver's physic, [So called after a Dr. Culver , who used it.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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