noun
- a North American plant with grasslike leaves and small white flowers, traditionally used in herbal medicine
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The herbalist recommended colicroot tea for digestive issues.
- Colicroot grows wild in sandy soils throughout the eastern United States.
- Native Americans traditionally used colicroot to treat stomach ailments.
- The small white flowers of colicroot bloom in late spring.
- Colicroot is also known by the common name stargrass.
- The plant’s bitter root was the primary part used medicinally.