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sweet flag

noun

  1. a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.


sweet flag

noun

  1. an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots Also calledcalamus
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sweet flag1

First recorded in 1775–85
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sweet flag1

C18: see flag ²
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The lake was layered with sweet flag, sedge, lilies, horehound, bulrush and buckbean.

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Three honey locusts are to be planted at the north end of the plaza, near a “rain garden†of sedges, ferns, sweet flag and iris in which runoff water will be captured for reuse.

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Let her learn the difference between huckleberries and blackberries, learn where checkerberries grow thickest and dig up sweet flag root with her own hands as country children do.

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Some of the plants included in the book are found in North America, like sweet flag.

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In a sweeping bed outside the run, ‘Ogon’ sweet flags, Japanese maples, ‘Morning Light’ miscanthus, and more cast-iron plants soften the fence.

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