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Definition of Sweet flag
1. Noun. Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots.
Group relationships: Acorus, Genus Acorus
Terms within: Calamus
Terms within: Calamus Oil
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Flag
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. ..."