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Aletris

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Aletris

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family

• Member Meronyms:

↑colicroot, ↑colic root, ↑crow corn, ↑star grass, ↑unicorn root, ↑ague root, ↑ague grass, ↑Aletris farinosa, ↑yellow colicroot, ↑Aletris aurea

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\\ˈalə.trə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, female slave who ground meal, noble Athenian maiden who prepared offering cakes, from alein, aletreuein to grind; from the floury appearance of the blossoms

: a small genus of bitter-rooted herbs (family Liliaceae) found in eastern No. America and Asia and having basal leaves and small white or yellow bracted racemose flowers — see colicroot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.