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FLAGROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagroot mean? 

FLAGROOT (noun)
  The noun FLAGROOT has 1 sense:

1. perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic rootsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FLAGROOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acorus calamus; calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag; sweet calamus; sweet flag

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

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Meronyms (parts of "flagroot"):

calamus (the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally)

Meronyms (substance of "flagroot"):

calamus oil (carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume)

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

Acorus; genus Acorus (sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae)


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