Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yellow_colicroot

1 sense of yellow colicroot

Sense 1
yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea -- (colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States)
       => colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root -- (any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic)