colicroot

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noun

A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.

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Meanings

nouncolicroot (plural colicroots)

plural colicroots

  1. A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.
  2. Any of several other plants with bitter roots.
    1. Aletris spp. (crow corn)
    2. Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)
    3. Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
    4. Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
    5. Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
    6. Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazingstar)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Similar
colic rootcrow cornstar grassunicorn root
Broader
liliaceous plant
Also see
blazing starstar grassunicorn root

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From colic + root.

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APA

colicroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colicroot

MLA

“colicroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colicroot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colicroot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colicroot.

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