| NOUN | plant | Aletris aurea, yellow colicroot | colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers |
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| Meaning | colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States. | |
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| Synonym | yellow colicroot | |
| Member of | Aletris, genus Aletris | small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia |
| Broader | 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 |
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