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colicroot
(encz) | colicroot, n: |
colicroot
(gcide) | Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Blazing star.
(a) A comet. [Obs.]
(b) A brilliant center of attraction.
(c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
Cham[ae]lirium luteum of the Lily family; {Liatris
squarrosa}; and Aletris farinosa, called also
colicroot and star grass.
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Colicroot
(gcide) | 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.
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colicroot
(wn) | colicroot
n 1: any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having
grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
[syn: colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass,
unicorn root] |
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yellow colicroot
(encz) | yellow colicroot, n: |
Colicroot
(gcide) | Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Blazing star.
(a) A comet. [Obs.]
(b) A brilliant center of attraction.
(c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
Cham[ae]lirium luteum of the Lily family; {Liatris
squarrosa}; and Aletris farinosa, called also
colicroot and star grass.
[1913 Webster]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.
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yellow colicroot
(wn) | yellow colicroot
n 1: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller
than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn:
yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea] |
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