• (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.
Her`mo·dac'tyl noun [ New Latin hermodactylus , lit., Hermes' finger; from Greek ... Hermes + ... finger.] (med.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.