Phrase guide

sweet flag

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَجّ (wajj) — Acorus calamus
  • Arabic: ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra) — Acorus calamus
  • Bulgarian: бла́тен аи́р (bláten aír) — Acorus calamus
  • Bulgarian: аи́р (aír) — Acorus calamus
  • Catalan: càlam — Acorus calamus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 䒢 (áng) — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: puškvorec obecný — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: puškvorec — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: piškvorec — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: šišvorec — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: kalmus — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: nejedlík — Acorus calamus
  • Czech: tatarák — Acorus calamus
  • Dutch: kalmoes — Acorus calamus
  • Esperanto: kalam-akoro — Acorus calamus
  • Estonian: harilik kalmus — Acorus calamus
  • Finnish: kalmojuuri — Acorus calamus
  • Finnish: rohtokalmojuuri — Acorus calamus
  • French: acore odorant — Acorus calamus
  • German: Kalmus — Acorus calamus
  • German: Deutscher Zitwer — Acorus calamus
  • German: Deutscher Ingwer — Acorus calamus
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκορος (ákoros) — Acorus calamus
  • Hungarian: kálmos — Acorus calamus
  • Icelandic: kalmusrót — Acorus calamus
  • Indonesian: jerangau — Acorus calamus
  • Italian: acoro — Acorus calamus
  • Japanese: 菖蒲 (shōbu) — Acorus calamus
  • Kazakh: айыр (aiyr) — Acorus calamus
  • Kazakh: андыз (andyz) — Acorus calamus
  • Kazakh: иір (iır) — Acorus calamus
  • Latvian: kalme — Acorus calamus
  • Lithuanian: ajeras — Acorus calamus
  • Macedonian: и́гир (ígir) — Acorus calamus
  • Malayalam: വയമ്പ് (vayampŭ) — Acorus calamus
  • Māori: karamuha — Acorus calamus
  • Old English: bēowyrt — Acorus calamus
  • Persian: وج (vaj) — Acorus calamus
  • Persian: اگیر (agir) — Acorus calamus
  • Persian: فرژ (farež) — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: tatarak zwyczajny — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: tatarak — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: ajer — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: tatarskie ziele — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: lepiech — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: lepiecha — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: sasyna — Acorus calamus
  • Polish: szuwar — Acorus calamus
  • Portuguese: ácoro — Acorus calamus
  • Portuguese: cálamo — Acorus calamus
  • Romanian: obligeană — Acorus calamus
  • Russian: аи́р (aír) — Acorus calamus
  • Serbo-Croatian: иђѝрот — Acorus calamus
  • Serbo-Croatian: iđìrot — Acorus calamus
  • Shan: သၢမ်ပူး (sǎam púu) — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: puškvorec obyčajný — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: puškvorec — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: šišvorec — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: tatárska tráva — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: tatársky koreň — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: kalmus — Acorus calamus
  • Slovak: nejedlík — Acorus calamus
  • Slovene: kolmež — Acorus calamus
  • Spanish: cálamo aromático — Acorus calamus
  • Spanish: ácoro — Acorus calamus
  • Sundanese: jaringao — Acorus calamus
  • Tagalog: kalamo — Acorus calamus
  • Tatar: кылыч үлән (qılıç ülän) — Acorus calamus
  • Tatar: сусын (susın) — Acorus calamus
  • Thai: ว่านน้ํา (wâan-náam) — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: eğir — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: eğir otu — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: eğir kökü — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: azak eğeri — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: arı otu — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: hazanbel — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: hazambel — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: kurtluca — Acorus calamus
  • Turkish: yel otu — Acorus calamus
  • Ukrainian: а́їр (ájir) — Acorus calamus
  • Ukrainian: а́єр (ájer) — Acorus calamus
  • Ukrainian: тата́рське зі́лля (tatársʹke zíllja) — Acorus calamus
  • Ukrainian: лепеха́ (lepexá) — Acorus calamus
  • Ukrainian: ле́пех (lépex) — Acorus calamus
  • Uzbek: игир (igir) — Acorus calamus
  • Volapük: kaor — Acorus calamus