blackroot

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blackroot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Blackroot \Black"root`\, n. (Bot.)
     See Colicroot.
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  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.
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