unicorn root

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unicorn root - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure coliccolic root, colicroot, crow corn, star grassliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuberAletris, genus Aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceaeague grass, ague root, Aletris farinosa - colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United StatesAletris aurea, yellow colicroot - colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States