sweet flag

noun

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

sweet flag

an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots Also calledcalamus

First recorded in 1775–85

C18: see flag ²

Sweet flag was abundant, and close by grew a clump of dark green, spicy mint.

They picked some tall blue too, and pulled sweet-flag to eat.

There, close to the window, hangs a sprig of sweet-flag, banishing all evil.

Sweet-Flag deteriorates with age and is subject to the attacks of worms.

It resembles sweet-flag (Calamus) and has been mistaken for it.

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