colic root
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| Noun | 1. |  colic root - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colicliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber Aletris, genus Aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae ague grass, ague root, Aletris farinosa - colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States Aletris aurea, yellow colicroot - colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States |
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