HyperDic: yellow_colicroot

English > 1 sense of the expression yellow colicroot:
NOUNplantyellow colicroot, Aletris aureacolicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers
English > yellow colicroot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcolicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States.
SynonymAletris aurea
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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