aletris : Idioms & Phrases


aletris aurea

  • noun colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
    yellow colicroot.
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aletris farinosa

  • noun colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
    ague root; ague grass.
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genus aletris

  • noun small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
    Aletris.
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