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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n.
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the
leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in
a long spike ({Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called
sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and
unicorn root.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Aletris aurea
n : colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than
Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn: yellow
colicroot]