blackroot

blackroot
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]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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