eltrot n also health root, hell-trot, heltrope, etc. OED ~ (1878-); EDD 1 Ha W Do So; Gray's Botany 1104. Cow-parsnip (Heracleum maximum; H. Sphondylium); ELDER-BLOSSOM.
   1894 N S Inst Sci ix, 99 Health root or Hell trot. 1956 ROULEAU 31 Hell-trot ... Heltrope. M 69-5 A common cure for headache was a poultice made from the roots of an illtrot plant. An illtrot plant is a wild plant with broad green leaves similar to rhubarb leaves.

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