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A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calamus, muskrat root, sway
Antonyms: none provided
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
وَجّ
(wajj)
— Acorus calamus
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Arabic:
ذَرِيرَة
(ḏarīra)
— Acorus calamus
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Bulgarian:
бла́тен аи́р
(bláten aír)
— Acorus calamus
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Bulgarian:
аи́р
(aír)
— Acorus calamus
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Catalan:
càlam
— Acorus calamus
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Chinese Mandarin:
䒢
(áng)
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
puškvorec obecný
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
puškvorec
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
piškvorec
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
šišvorec
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
kalmus
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
nejedlík
— Acorus calamus
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Czech:
tatarák
— Acorus calamus
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Dutch:
kalmoes
— Acorus calamus
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Esperanto:
kalam-akoro
— Acorus calamus
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Estonian:
harilik kalmus
— Acorus calamus
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Finnish:
kalmojuuri
— Acorus calamus
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Finnish:
rohtokalmojuuri
— Acorus calamus
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French:
acore odorant
— Acorus calamus
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German:
Kalmus
— Acorus calamus
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German:
Deutscher Zitwer
— Acorus calamus
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German:
Deutscher Ingwer
— Acorus calamus
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Ancient Greek:
ἄκορος
(ákoros)
— Acorus calamus
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Hungarian:
kálmos
— Acorus calamus
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Icelandic:
kalmusrót
— Acorus calamus
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Indonesian:
jerangau
— Acorus calamus
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Italian:
acoro
— Acorus calamus
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Japanese:
菖蒲
(shōbu)
— Acorus calamus
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Kazakh:
айыр
(aiyr)
— Acorus calamus
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Kazakh:
андыз
(andyz)
— Acorus calamus
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Kazakh:
иір
(iır)
— Acorus calamus
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Latvian:
kalme
— Acorus calamus
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Lithuanian:
ajeras
— Acorus calamus
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Macedonian:
и́гир
(ígir)
— Acorus calamus
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Malayalam:
വയമ്പ്
(vayampŭ)
— Acorus calamus
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Māori:
karamuha
— Acorus calamus
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Old English:
bēowyrt
— Acorus calamus
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Persian:
وج
(vaj)
— Acorus calamus
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Persian:
اگیر
(agir)
— Acorus calamus
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Persian:
فرژ
(farež)
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
tatarak zwyczajny
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
tatarak
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
ajer
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
tatarskie ziele
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
lepiech
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
lepiecha
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
sasyna
— Acorus calamus
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Polish:
szuwar
— Acorus calamus
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Portuguese:
ácoro
— Acorus calamus
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Portuguese:
cálamo
— Acorus calamus
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Romanian:
obligeană
— Acorus calamus
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Russian:
аи́р
(aír)
— Acorus calamus
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Serbo-Croatian:
иђѝрот
— Acorus calamus
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Serbo-Croatian:
iđìrot
— Acorus calamus
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Shan:
သၢမ်ပူး
(sǎam púu)
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
puškvorec obyčajný
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
puškvorec
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
šišvorec
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
tatárska tráva
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
tatársky koreň
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
kalmus
— Acorus calamus
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Slovak:
nejedlík
— Acorus calamus
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Slovene:
kolmež
— Acorus calamus
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Spanish:
cálamo aromático
— Acorus calamus
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Spanish:
ácoro
— Acorus calamus
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Sundanese:
jaringao
— Acorus calamus
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Tagalog:
kalamo
— Acorus calamus
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Tatar:
кылыч үлән
(qılıç ülän)
— Acorus calamus
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Tatar:
сусын
(susın)
— Acorus calamus
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Thai:
ว่านน้ํา
(wâan-náam)
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
eğir
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
eğir otu
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
eğir kökü
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
azak eğeri
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
arı otu
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
hazanbel
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
hazambel
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
kurtluca
— Acorus calamus
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Turkish:
yel otu
— Acorus calamus
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Ukrainian:
а́їр
(ájir)
— Acorus calamus
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Ukrainian:
а́єр
(ájer)
— Acorus calamus
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Ukrainian:
тата́рське зі́лля
(tatársʹke zíllja)
— Acorus calamus
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Ukrainian:
лепеха́
(lepexá)
— Acorus calamus
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Ukrainian:
ле́пех
(lépex)
— Acorus calamus
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Uzbek:
игир
(igir)
— Acorus calamus
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Volapük:
kaor
— Acorus calamus