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单词 blue flag
释义

blue flag

noun

: a blue-flowered iris
especially : a common iris (Iris versicolor) chiefly of the eastern U.S. with a root formerly used medicinally

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

blue flag

noun

-ˈflag How to pronounce blue flag (audio)
1
: either of two common blue-flowered irises (Iris versicolor and I. virginica) of the eastern and central United States with rhizomes formerly used medicinally as a cathartic and emetic
2
: the dried rhizome of a blue flag

called also blue flag root

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