Medical Dictionary
blue flag
noun \-ˈflag\
Medical Definition of BLUE FLAG
1
: either of two common blue-flowered irises (Iris versicolor and I. virginica) of the eastern and central United States with rhizomes formerly used medicinally as a cathartic and emetic
2
: the dried rhizome of a blue flag—called also blue flag root
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