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for Colicroot
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From The 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
colicroot
n 1: any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having
grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
[syn: colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass,
unicorn root]
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