Meanings
nounsweet flag (plural sweet flags)
plural sweet flags
- A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.
Synonyms: calamus, muskrat root, sway
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounperennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
Broader
marsh plantbog plantswamp plant
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄκορος
- ἄκορος (ákoros)Acorus calamus
Arabic وَجّ, ذَرِيرَة
- وَجّ (wajj)Acorus calamus
- ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)Acorus calamus
Bulgarian бла́тен аи́р, аи́р
- бла́тен аи́р (bláten aír)Acorus calamus
- аи́р (aír)Acorus calamus
Catalan càlam
- càlamAcorus calamus
Chinese Mandarin 䒢
- 䒢 (áng)Acorus calamus
Czech puškvorec obecný, puškvorec
- puškvorec obecnýAcorus calamus
- puškvorecAcorus calamus
- piškvorecAcorus calamus
- šišvorecAcorus calamus
- kalmusAcorus calamus
- nejedlíkAcorus calamus
- tatarákAcorus calamus
Dutch kalmoes
- kalmoesAcorus calamus
Esperanto kalam-akoro
- kalam-akoroAcorus calamus
Estonian harilik kalmus
- harilik kalmusAcorus calamus
Finnish kalmojuuri, rohtokalmojuuri
- kalmojuuriAcorus calamus
- rohtokalmojuuriAcorus calamus
French acore odorant
- acore odorantAcorus calamus
German Kalmus, Deutscher Zitwer
- KalmusAcorus calamus
- Deutscher ZitwerAcorus calamus
- Deutscher IngwerAcorus calamus
Hungarian kálmos
- kálmosAcorus calamus
Icelandic kalmusrót
- kalmusrótAcorus calamus
Indonesian jerangau
- jerangauAcorus calamus
Italian acoro
- acoroAcorus calamus
Japanese 菖蒲
- 菖蒲 (shōbu)Acorus calamus
Latvian kalme
- kalmeAcorus calamus
Lithuanian ajeras
- ajerasAcorus calamus
Māori karamuha
- karamuhaAcorus calamus
Persian وج, اگیر
- وج (vaj)Acorus calamus
- اگیر (agir)Acorus calamus
- فرژ (farež)Acorus calamus
Polish tatarak zwyczajny, tatarak
- tatarak zwyczajnyAcorus calamus
- tatarakAcorus calamus
- ajerAcorus calamus
- tatarskie zieleAcorus calamus
- lepiechAcorus calamus
- lepiechaAcorus calamus
- sasynaAcorus calamus
- szuwarAcorus calamus
Portuguese ácoro, cálamo
- ácoroAcorus calamus
- cálamoAcorus calamus
Romanian obligeană
- obligeanăAcorus calamus
Russian аи́р
- аи́р (aír)Acorus calamus
Slovak puškvorec obyčajný, puškvorec
- puškvorec obyčajnýAcorus calamus
- puškvorecAcorus calamus
- šišvorecAcorus calamus
- tatárska trávaAcorus calamus
- tatársky koreňAcorus calamus
- kalmusAcorus calamus
- nejedlíkAcorus calamus
Spanish cálamo aromático, ácoro
- cálamo aromáticoAcorus calamus
- ácoroAcorus calamus
Tagalog kalamo
- kalamoAcorus calamus
Thai ว่านน้ำ
- ว่านน้ำ (wâan-náam)Acorus calamus
Turkish eğir, eğir otu
- eğirAcorus calamus
- eğir otuAcorus calamus
- eğir köküAcorus calamus
- azak eğeriAcorus calamus
- arı otuAcorus calamus
- hazanbelAcorus calamus
- hazambelAcorus calamus
- kurtlucaAcorus calamus
- yel otuAcorus calamus
Ukrainian а́їр, а́єр
- а́їр (ájir)Acorus calamus
- а́єр (ájer)Acorus calamus
- тата́рське зі́лля (tatársʹke zíllja)Acorus calamus
- лепеха́ (lepexá)Acorus calamus
- ле́пех (lépex)Acorus calamus
Cite this entry
APA
sweet flag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20flag
MLA
“sweet flag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20flag. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweet flag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20flag.
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