Originally: any of several plants attractive to bees, spec. balm, Melissa officinalis (now historical). In later use: the plant sweet flag, Acorus ca…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag (14) beeworteOE Originally: any of several plants attractive to bees, spec. balm, Melissa officinalis (now historical). In later use: the plant sweet flag, Acorus ca… sweet calamusa1398 sweet calamus n. C. aromaticus: (a) some eastern aromatic plant or plants (supposed by some to be Andropogon Schoenanthus, the Sweet-scented… acorus?a1425 Originally: the plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. In later use: any plant of the genus Acorus (family Acoraceae), the members of which are rushlike… acorum1601 The plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. Cf. acorus, n. sweet rush1607 The sweet flag, Acorus Calamus. sweet cane1611 = sweet flag n. sweet smelling flag1640 With words indicating the species, as sweet smelling flag n. spicewort (Acorus Calamus). water flag n. Also corn-flag, n., garden flag n. at garden… sweet flag1790 a rush-like plant, Acorus Calamus (N.O. Araceæ or Orontiaceæ), widely distributed in the North Temperate zone, growing in water and wet places, with… myrtle flag1796 the plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. myrtle grass1796 = myrtle flag n. flag-root1851 The root of the sweet flag (Acorus calamus); the plant itself. myrtle sedge1857 = myrtle flag n. sweet sedge1857 = sweet flag n. Subcategories:— root of (1) |
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