See quots. (Also called fever-root and fever-wort.)

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1760.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot. (1788), 333/2. Doctor Tinker’s Weed, Triosteum.

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1882.  Ogilvie, Tinkar’s-root. (From Dr. Tinkar, who first brought the root into notice.) A North American shrub (Triosteum perfoliatum), N.O. Caprifoliacæ, whose root is an emetic and mild cathartic.

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