chamaelirium luteum

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chamaelirium luteum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
     one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
     cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
     1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
        represented in heraldry as a supporter.
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     2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
        Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
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              Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
              furrow?                               --Job xxxix.
                                                    10.
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     Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
           urus. See the Note under Reem.
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     3. (Zool.)
        (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
            head or prothorax.
        (b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
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     4. (Zool.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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     5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
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     Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a
        substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
        from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
        the unicorn.
  
     Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal.
  
     Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth (Coelodasys  unicornis
        ) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
        back; -- called also unicorn prominent.
  
     Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
        the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the
        blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in
        medicine.
  
     Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
        gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the
        shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and
        Leucozonia.
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  Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
     Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
     --Sir W. Scott.
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     Blazing star.
     (a) A comet. [Obs.]
     (b) A brilliant center of attraction.
     (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
         Cham[ae]lirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris   squarrosa
         ; and Aletris farinosa, called also
         colicroot and star grass.
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