colicroot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
    unicorn root; colic root; star grass; crow corn.

WordNet

Col"ic*root` noun
Definitions
  1. 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 A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

Webster 1913