Acorus

See also: acorus

Translingual

Acorus calamus

Etymology

From Latin acorus (“sweet flag, calamus”).

Proper noun

Acorus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Acoraceae – sweet flag.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Acorales - order; Acoraceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Acorus americanus (or Acorus calamus var. americanus), Acorus calamus (sweet flag, calamus), Acorus gramineus (grass-leaf sweet flag, slender sweet flag) - species

References

Acorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Acorus at USDA Plants database
Acorus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Acorus at the Catalogue of Life
Acorus at Encyclopedia of Life
Acorus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Acorus at The Plant List

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