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COLIC ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colic root mean? 

COLIC ROOT (noun)
  The noun COLIC ROOT has 1 sense:

1. any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colicplay

  Familiarity information: COLIC ROOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLIC ROOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

colic root; colicroot; crow corn; star grass; unicorn root

Hypernyms ("colic root" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colic root"):

ague grass; ague root; Aletris farinosa (colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States)

Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot (colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("colic root" is a member of...):

Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)


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