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ALETRIS AUREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
Synonyms:
Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aletris aurea" is a kind of...):
colic root; colicroot; crow corn; star grass; unicorn root (any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic)
Holonyms ("Aletris aurea" is a member of...):
Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
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