yellow colicroot vs colic root

yellow colicroot and colic root both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yellow colicroot	Yes	No	No	No
colic root	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, colic root is a hypernym of yellow colicroot; that is, colic root is a word with a broader meaning than yellow colicroot:

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

Other hypernyms of yellow colicroot include colicroot, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root.

yellow colicroot (noun)	colic root (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