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    UNICORN ROOT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colicplay

    Synonyms:

    colic root; colicroot; crow corn; star grass; unicorn root

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("unicorn root" is a kind of...):

    liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unicorn root"):

    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 ("unicorn root" 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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