Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acorus_calamus

1 sense of acorus calamus

Sense 1
sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus -- (perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots)
       => marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant -- (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)