Aletris aurea n 1: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn: {yellow colicroot}, {Aletris aurea}]
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]