[f. proper name of a Dr. Culver.] A species of Speedwell, Veronica virginica, found in the eastern parts of North America, Siberia, etc., the root of which is used in medicine as an emeto-cathartic.
1858. Hogg, Veget. Kingd., 567. Veronica virginica is a native of the United States, and is there called Culver’s Physic.
1866. Treas. Bot., Culver’s root or Culver’s physic, American names for Veronica virginica.
