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Definition of Colic root
1. Noun. Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.
Exact synonyms: Colicroot, Crow Corn, Star Grass, Unicorn Root
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Aletris, Genus Aletris
Specialized synonyms: Ague Grass, Ague Root, Aletris Farinosa, Aletris Aurea, Yellow Colicroot
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Aletris, Genus Aletris
Specialized synonyms: Ague Grass, Ague Root, Aletris Farinosa, Aletris Aurea, Yellow Colicroot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colic Root
Literary usage of Colic root
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"Economic uses: The root of the several species is used medicinally under the
names of "wild ginger" and "colic root." Type locality: "Hah. in ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Dense button-snakeroot; colic-root; prairie-pine; gay-feather; rattlesnake-
master; corn-snakeroot; backache-root. Native, perennial herb, 2 to 5 feet high, ..."
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