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Definition of Crow corn
1. Noun. Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.
Exact synonyms: Colic Root, Colicroot, 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 Crow Corn
Literary usage of Crow corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Ague-grass, Blazing- star, Bitter-grass, Bitter-plant, Crow-corn. Mealy- starwort.
Aloe-, Star- or Husk-root. Unicorn- root or -horn. May-July. ..."
2. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1897)
"In the case of the crow, corn forms one-fifth of the food, so that the redwinged
blackbird, whose diet is made up of only a trifle more than one-eighth of ..."
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