ALETRIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aletris mean? 

• ALETRIS (noun)
  The noun ALETRIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALETRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALETRIS (noun)

Meaning:

Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aletris; genus Aletris

Hypernyms ("Aletris" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Aletris"):

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

ague grass; ague root; Aletris farinosa (colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States)

Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot (colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("Aletris" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)