Blackroot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackroot \Black"root`\, n. (Bot.)
     See {Colicroot}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n.
     A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the
     leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in
     a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {Aletris aurea}). Called
     sometimes {star grass}, {blackroot}, {blazing star}, and
     {unicorn root}.
     [1913 Webster]