| NOUN | plant | Aletris, genus Aletris | small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia |
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| Meaning | small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae. | |
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| Synonym | genus Aletris | |
| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Members | ague root, ague grass, Aletris farinosa | colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers |
| colicroot, 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 | |
| yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea | colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | aletris, genus aletris | |
| Catalan | aletris, Aletris, genus aletris | |
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