colicroot

col·ic·root

C0475000 (kŏl′ĭk-ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)n.1. Any of certain perennial herbs of the genus Aletris, especially A. farinosa of eastern North America, having racemes of small white flowers and rootstocks formerly used to treat colic. Also called star grass.2. Any of various other plants thought to relieve colic.

colicroot

(ˈkɒlɪkˌruːt) n1. (Plants) either of two North American liliaceous plants, Aletris farinosa or A. aurea, having tubular white or yellow flowers and a bitter root formerly used to relieve colic2. (Plants) any of various other plants formerly used to relieve colic

col•ic•root

(ˈkɒl ɪkˌrut, -ˌrʊt)

n. 1. a North American plant, Aletris farinosa, of the lily family, with yellow or white flower spikes and a root used in folk medicine to relieve colic. 2. any of certain other plants having roots reputed to cure colic. [1830–40, Amer.]

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1.colicroot - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure coliccolic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn rootliliaceous 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