ACORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acorus mean? 

• ACORUS (noun)
  The noun ACORUS has 1 sense:

1. sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae

  Familiarity information: ACORUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acorus; genus Acorus

Hypernyms ("Acorus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Acorus"):

Acorus calamus; calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag; sweet calamus; sweet flag (perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots)

Holonyms ("Acorus" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

 Context examples 

The essential oil from the rhizome of Acorus calamus.

(Calamus Oil, NCI Thesaurus)