'Aletris farinosa' definitions:

Definition of 'Aletris farinosa'

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noun
Colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States [syn: ague root, ague grass, Aletris farinosa]

Definition of 'Aletris farinosa'

From: GCIDE
  • Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
  • 1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. [1913 Webster]
  • Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? --Job xxxix. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under Reem. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn.
  • Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal.
  • Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth ({Coelodasys unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also unicorn prominent.
  • Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in medicine.
  • Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and Leucozonia. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Aletris farinosa'

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  • Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Cham[ae]lirium luteum of the Lily family; {Liatris squarrosa}; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Aletris farinosa'

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  • 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]