aletris aurea
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United StatesSynonyms: yellow colicrootAletris aurea
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n. 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 Aletris aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. [1913 Webster]