Wiktionary

colicroot

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

colic +‎ root

Noun edit

colicroot (plural colicroots)

  1. A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.[1]
  2. Any of several other plants with bitter roots.
    1. Aletris spp. (crow corn)
    2. Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)
    3. Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
    4. Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
    5. Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
    6. Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazingstar)

References edit

  1. ^ “colicroot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=colicroot&oldid=78376104"