Acorus

See also: acorus

Translingual

Acorus calamus

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Acorus m

1. 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Acorus at The Plant List