| 单词 | sweet flag |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet flag sweet flag n. 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 an aromatic odour, and having a thick creeping rootstock of a pungent aromatic flavour. 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 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 139 This sweet smelling Flagge hath many flaggy long and narrow fresh greene leaves. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Calamus aromaticus Off. is also call'd Acorus, and in English, The sweet smelling Flag.] 1790 L. Castiglioni Viaggio negli Stati Uniti II. 185 Acorus verus..Sweet-flagg. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 917 Sweet Flag. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sweet-flag..is..employed to scent aromatic baths, perfumery, and hair-powder. < as lemmas |
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