aletris aurea

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aletris aurea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

aletris aurea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aletris aurea
      n 1: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller
           than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn:
           yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea]