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colicroot

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

Noun

colicroot (plural colicroots)

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

Forms of colicroot

pluralcolicroots

Origin of colicroot

From colic + root.

Questions about colicroot

What does colicroot mean?
Colicroot means a bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.
What part of speech is colicroot?
Colicroot is a noun.
What is the plural of colicroot?
The plural of colicroot is colicroots.

Words near colicroot in the dictionary

  1. colicinogenicity
  2. colicinogeny
  3. colicins
  4. colick
  5. colicky
  6. colicroot
  7. colicroots
  8. colics
  9. colicweed
  10. colicwood
  11. colid

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