Definition of Aletris aurea

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

Exact synonyms: Yellow Colicroot
Group relationships: Aletris, Genus Aletris
Generic synonyms: Colic Root, Colicroot, Crow Corn, Star Grass, Unicorn Root

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aletris Aurea

Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
Alemannic
Alemannic German
Alep
Alepisaurus
Aleppo
Aleppo boil
Alesha
Aleshia
Alessandria
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
Aletha
Aletris
Aletris aurea (current term)
Aletris farinosa
Aletta
Aletta Jacobs
Aleuria aurantia
Aleurites
Aleurites fordii
Aleurites moluccana
Aleut
Aleutian
Aleutian Islander
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
Aleutic
Aleuts

Literary usage of Aletris aurea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1910)
"It may turn up in the higher Catskills. 8. Aletris aurea Walt. The plant is reported from southern New Jersey, according to Gray and ..."

2. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... (Aletris aurea, Walter.) Grows in similar situations ; collected in St. John's Berkeley, ..."

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