单词 | acorum |
释义 | † acorumn. Obsolete. The plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. Cf. acorus n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag beeworteOE sweet calamusa1398 acorus?a1425 acorum1601 sweet rush1607 sweet cane1611 sweet smelling flag1640 sweet flag1790 myrtle flag1796 myrtle grass1796 flag-root1851 myrtle sedge1857 sweet sedge1857 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Acorvm Nominant Northumbrienses a seg..a flag, & a yelowe flour delyce.] 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. xv. 268 The root of Acorum, serveth likewise to purifie the skin from all outward deformities. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dict. Œcon. II. at Memory Take the Root of Acorum, the Roots of Valerian and Bugloss.., of each one Dram. 1850 Ann. Hort. 190 Everybody knows the aromatic reed of our marshes (Acorus Calamus of botanists), called by the ancients Acorum, and at present sold under the name of Calamus aromaticus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1601 |
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