sweet flag


sweet flag

noun

Definition of SWEET FLAG

: a perennial marsh herb (Acorus calamus) of the arum family with long narrow sword-shaped leaves and an aromatic rootstock —called also calamus

First Known Use of SWEET FLAG

1765

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