Aletris aurea vs colicroot

Aletris aurea and colicroot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Aletris aurea	Yes	No	No	No
colicroot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, colicroot is a hypernym of Aletris aurea; that is, colicroot is a word with a broader meaning than Aletris aurea:

Aletris aurea: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
colicroot: any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Other hypernyms of Aletris aurea include colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root.

Aletris aurea (noun)	colicroot (noun)
colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States	any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic