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ALETRIS AUREA

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

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

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

• ALETRIS AUREA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot

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

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)

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

Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

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