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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States;
[syn: yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aletris aurea n 1: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn: yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea]