In cpds.: seter gras, the Christmas rose, black hellebore (Helleborus niger); also, ?another plant of the genus Helleborus, prob. bear's foot, stinking hellebore (H. foetidus); seter wort, a plant of……
(a) Lacking in flavor, insipid; also, watery, thin in consistency; also fig. and in fig. context [quot. c1450]; ?also, insubstantial [1st quot.]
(b) belonging to or identifying one of the nine……
