COLICROOT

colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root

(noun) any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

colicroot (plural colicroots)

A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.

Any of several other plants with bitter roots.

Aletris spp.

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Asarum canadense

Asclepias tuberosa

Dioscorea villosa

Liatris squarrosa

Source: Wiktionary

Col"ic*root`, n.

Definition: A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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