Defn: 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 A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.
COLIN
Col"in, n. Etym: [F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas
Nicholas.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
COLISEUM
Col`i*se"um, n. Etym: [NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L.
colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf.
Colosseum.]
Defn: The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]
COLITIS
Co*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
COLL
Coll, v. t. Etym: [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.]
Defn: To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.
COLLABORATEUR
Col*la`bo*ra*teur", n. Etym: [F.]