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colicroot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun colicroot has 1 sense
- colicroot(n = noun.plant) colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic; Array is a kind of liliaceous plant
is a member of aletris, genus aletris
has particulars: ague grass, ague root, aletris farinosa, aletris aurea, yellow colicroot
CIDE DICTIONARY
colicroot, n.
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea ). Called sometimes star grass , blackroot , blazing star , and unicorn root . [1913 Webster]
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