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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 colic
Familiarity information: COLIC ROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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