Medical Dictionary
sweet flag
noun \-ˈflag\
Medical Definition of SWEET FLAG
: a perennial marsh herb (Acorus calamus) of the arum family (Araceae) having long leaves and a pungent rootstock and used especially formerly as a flavoring agent and in folk medicine but now largely abandoned because of demonstrated carcinogenicity and toxicity in laboratory animals—see calamus
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