colic root

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscolicrootcrow cornstar grassunicorn root

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowerague rootyellow colicroot

   Part ofAletris

Questions about colic root

What does colic root mean?

colic root means "any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic".

What is another word for colic root?

Close synonyms include colicroot, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is colic root a common word?

colic root is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.