Definition
A plant with roots used medicinally to treat colic and abdominal pain, traditionally in North American folk medicine.
Etymology
A compound of 'colic' (abdominal pain) and 'root' (the underground plant part), forming a descriptive name for plants used to treat the condition. Common in colonial American herbalism.
Kelly Says
Colicroot represents folk medicine at work—people observed that certain plant roots seemed to ease infant pain and preserved that knowledge through names; modern pharmacology is now testing whether these traditional remedies actually work!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Köln እንቁላል
Koln en-k'u-lal
ARالعربية
جذر المغص
jiz-zur al-maghs
BNবাংলা
কোলিকের বীজ
kol-iker-beej
CACatalà
arrel de colic
ar-rel deh koh-lik
CSČeština
kolikář
ko-li-kar
DADansk
kolikerod
ko-li-ker-od
DEDeutsch
Kolikwurzel
koh-lihk-vur-tsal
ELΕλληνικά
ρίζα κολικού
ri-za ko-li-koo
ESEspañol
raíz de colera
rayz deh koh-leh-rah
FAفارسی
ریشه کولیک
ri-sheh koo-lik
FISuomi
koliikukan
koli-i-kan
FRFrançais
racine de coliques
rah-seen duh koh-leek
GUGU
કોલિકની જડ
koh-lik-nee jad
HAHA
gidan colic
gi-dan koh-lik
HEעברית
שורש של כאבי בטן
shoresh shel k'avay beten
HIहिन्दी
कोलिक जड़
koh-lik jaad
HUMagyar
görcösköpeny
gyor-cho-sko-pen-yih
IDBahasa Indonesia
akar kolik
a-kar koh-lik
IGIG
nri colic
nri koh-lik
ITItaliano
radice di coliche
ra-dee-deh koh-lee-keh
KKKK
колік тамыры
ko-lik tam-yry
KMKM
뿌리 កុលិក
p-p-ri ku-lik
KO한국어
경련근
gyeongnyeong-geun
MRMR
कोलिकाची जड
koh-li-ka-chi jad
MSBahasa Melayu
akar kolik
a-kar koh-lik
MYမြန်မာ
ကောလိပ် 뿌လ
ka-o-leek pu-l
NLNederlands
wurmwortel
vurm-vor-tel
NONorsk
kolikerot
ko-li-ke-rot
PAPA
ਕੋਲિક ਦੀ ਜੜ
koh-lik di jaad
PLPolski
korzeń kolki
kor-zhyen kol-ki
PTPortuguês
raiz da cólica
rayz dah koh-lee-kah
RORomână
rădăcină de colici
ra-da-chi-na deh koh-li-chi
RUРусский
корень колики
kor-en' koh-li-ki
SVSvenska
kolkrötter
kol-kro-ter
SWKiswahili
mikosi ya colic
mi-ko-si ya koh-lik
TAதமிழ்
கொலிக வேர்கள்
ko-li-ka ve-rkkal
TEతెలుగు
కాలికు మూలం
ka-li-ku moo-la-m
THไทย
รากแก้ปวดท้อง
raak gae pwat tong
TLTL
ugat ng colic
oo-gat ng koh-lik
TRTürkçe
kolık kökü
kol-ik ko-ku
UKУкраїнська
корінь коліки
kore-nyy koh-li-kyi
URاردو
colic کی جڑ
koh-lik ki jaad
VITiếng Việt
rễ đau bụng
ray dau bung
YOYO
ẹ̀rọ̀ colic
e-ro colic
ZUZU
umshini wekol
oom-shee-nee we-kol