colicroot
colicroot · colicroots
A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family, with small yellow or white flowers in…A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.
Meaning
7 sensesA 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. (crow corn)
Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)
Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazingstar)
More definitions
- any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
Origin
From colic + root.From colic + root.
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Forms
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic:colic rootcrow cornstar grassunicorn root