Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colicroot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
--Sir W. Scott.
{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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 {A. aurea}). Called
sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn
root.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colicroot
n : any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having
grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
[syn: {colic root}, {crow corn}, {star grass}, {unicorn
root}]
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