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Acorus calamus

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Noun1.Acorus calamus - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic rootsAcorus calamus - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag, calamus
Acorus, genus Acorus - sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
calamus - the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
calamus oil - carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume
bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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PLANTS Chamaerops humilis (dwarf fan palm) Phormium 'Yellow Wave' Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' Penstemon rupicola Carex flagellifera Selected sedums - sprinkled around the boulders and the edge of the bricks Polystichum polyblepharumn.
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Juncus articulatus, Typha latifolia, Schoenoplectus lacustris, and Acorus calamus were found occasionally and distributed evenly along the shoreline.
Spatial distribution of macrofossil assemblages in surface sediments ... by Koff, Tiiu; Vandel, Egert / Estonian Journal of Ecology
Methanolic extracts of seven herbs Acorus calamus, Acorus gramineus, Bupleurm facaltum, Dioscorea batatas, Epimedium koreanum, Poria cocos and Zizyphi jujuba, used in traditional Korean medicine for improvement of memory and cognition in old age have been tested for cholinesterase inhibitory properties and significant inhibition of the enzyme was shown by extracts from Acorus calamus and E.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from plants by Mukherjee, Pulok K.; Kumar, Venkatesan; Mal, Mainak; Houghton, Peter J. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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