HyperDic: aletris_aurea

English > 1 sense of the expression Aletris aurea:
NOUNplantAletris aurea, yellow colicrootcolicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers
English > Aletris aurea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcolicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States.
Synonymyellow colicroot
Member ofAletris, genus Aletrissmall genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia
Broadercolicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn rootAny of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

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