1. small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae; [syn: Aletris, genus Aletris]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Aletris
n 1: small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America
and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae [syn:
Aletris, genus Aletris]