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UNICORN ROOT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

colic root; colicroot; crow corn; star grass; unicorn root

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("unicorn root" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unicorn root"):

ague grass; ague root; Aletris farinosa (colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States)

Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot (colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("unicorn root" is a member of...):

Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

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