colicroot

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English

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Etymology

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From colic +‎ root.

Noun

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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

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  1. ^ “colicroot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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