curculico

[From Lat. curculio =a weevil, a proce upon the seeds of this genus resembling a weevil's projecting rostrum or snout.] Bot.: A genus of Hypoxidacese. The roots of Curculigo orchioides are somewhat bitter and aromatic, and are used in the East in gonorrhea. The "Though the course of the sun be curbed between the tubers of C. stans are eaten in the Marianne tropics, ."-Ray. IMG:content-1581.png:[blocks in formation] Islands.