sweet flag

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a perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors, also known as calamus
A hardy perennial herb (Acorus calamus) of the Northern Hemisphere, growing in marshy places and having grasslike leaves, minute greenish flowers borne on a thick spadix, and aromatic rhizomes. Also called calamus
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
sweet flags
plural form of sweet flag
sweet flag

    Turkish pronunciation

    swit fläg

    Pronunciation

    /ˈswēt ˈflag/ /ˈswiːt ˈflæɡ/

    Etymology

    [ 'swEt ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English swete, from Old English swEte; akin to Old High German suozi sweet, Latin suadEre to urge, suavis sweet, Greek hEdys.
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