'Aletris aurea' definitions:
Definition of 'Aletris aurea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn: yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea]
Definition of 'Aletris aurea'
From: GCIDE
- 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]