noun
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
• Syn: ↑sweet flag, ↑calamus, ↑myrtle flag, ↑flagroot, ↑Acorus calamus
• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acorus, ↑genus Acorus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑calamus oil
• Part Meronyms: ↑calamus
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noun or sweet cane1. : sweet flag
2.
a. : sugarcane
b. : a grass (Andropogon aromaticus) of northwestern India that has leaves that are aromatic when bruised or broken
Useful english dictionary. 2012.