'Blackroot' definitions:
Definition of 'Blackroot'
From: GCIDE
- Blackroot \Black"root`\, n. (Bot.) See Colicroot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'blackroot'
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]