veronicastrum virginicum

Questions about veronicastrum virginicum

What does veronicastrum virginicum mean?

veronicastrum virginicum means "a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America".

What is another word for veronicastrum virginicum?

Close synonyms include Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is veronicastrum virginicum a common word?

veronicastrum virginicum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.