Acorus, genus Acorus

sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae

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

• sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus — perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots

• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family — anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron