colicroot
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Noun (1)
- any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colicSynonyms: colic rootcrow cornstar grassunicorn rootType of liliaceous plantKinds ague root, yellow colicrootMember of Aletris, genus Aletris
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Col′ic·root′ noun
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54