Acorus
See also: acorus
Translingual
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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