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Definition of Sweet flag

1. Noun. Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots.

Definition of Sweet flag

1. Noun. a perennial wetland plant, ''Acorus calamus'', with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors, also known as calamus ¹

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Literary usage of Sweet flag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social life of the Chinese by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Sweet-flag and Artemisia.—Gourd-sheli.—Five Poisons.—Brass Mirror.—Charm of the God of Literature.—Cash which wards off Evii.—Diabolical Charms: Object of ..."

2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Use of the sweet-flag in flavouring spirits and beer; its abundance in Norfolk.—Odoriferous substances of animal origin.—Musk ; the musk-deer; lasting smell ..."

3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"... it is essential that the drug be used as fresh as possible, or at least that the preparations employed be made from the fresh plant. ACORUS.—sweet flag. ..."

4. Social life of the Chinese by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Sweet-flag and Artemisia.—Gourd-sheli.—Five Poisons.—Brass Mirror.—Charm of the God of Literature.—Cash which wards off Evii.—Diabolical Charms: Object of ..."

5. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Use of the sweet-flag in flavouring spirits and beer; its abundance in Norfolk.—Odoriferous substances of animal origin.—Musk ; the musk-deer; lasting smell ..."

6. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"... it is essential that the drug be used as fresh as possible, or at least that the preparations employed be made from the fresh plant. ACORUS.—sweet flag. ..."

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