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'''Bēowyrt''' (''Acorus calamus'') is [[plante]] of þǣre [[Acoraceae]] cnēorisse, [[Acorus]] cnōsle. Hēo is grēat [[ēcu plante|ēcu]] [[wǣtland|wǣtlendisc]] [[monocot]] mid [[stenc|stencum]]um lēafum and [[rhizome]]s which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as a [[Psychoactive drug|psychotropic drug]]. It is known by a variety of names, including cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, and sweet sedge. Probably indigenous to India, ''Acorus calamus'' is now found across Europe, in southern Russia, northern Asia Minor, southern Siberia, China, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and northern USA.
 
== Botanical information ==
The [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] distinction between the ''Acorus'' species is made by the number of prominent [[leaf]] veins. ''Acorus calamus'' has a single prominent midvein and then on both sides slightly raised secondary veins (with a diameter less than half the midvein) and many, fine tertiary veins. This makes it clearly distinct from ''Acorus americanus''.
 
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In antiquity in the Orient and Egypt, the rhizome was thought to be a powerful aphrodisiac. In Europe ''Acorus calamus'' was often added to wine, and the root is also one of the possible ingredients of [[absinthe]]. Among the northern Native Americans, it is used both medicinally and as a [[stimulant]]; in addition, the root is thought to have been used as an [[entheogen]] among the northern Native Americans. In high doses, it is [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogenic]].
 
[[ImageBiliþ:Illustration Acorus calamus0.jpg|thumb|right|250px|illustration from an 1885 flora]]
 
== Cultural symbolism ==
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The name ''Sweet Flag'' refers to its sweet scent (it has been used as a strewing herb) and the wavy edges of the leaves which are supposed to resemble a fluttering flag.
 
In Japan, the plant is a symbol of the [[samurai]]'s bravery because of its sharp sword-like leaves. Even now many families with young boys enjoy "Sweet Flag Bath (shōbu yu)" in the [[Kodomo_no_hiKodomo no hi|Boy's Festival]] (Tango no Sekku) on [[May 5]].
 
== Etymology of the word Calamus ==
[[Cognate]]s of the [[Latin]] word ''Calamus'' are found in both [[Greek language|Greek]] (''[[kalamos]]'', meaning "reed") and [[Sanskrit]] (''kalama'', meaning "reed" and "pen" as well as a sort of rice) — strong evidence that the word is older than all three languages and exists in their parent language, [[Proto-Indo European]]. The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''qalam'' (meaning "pen") is likely to have been borrowed from one of these languages in antiquity, or directly from Indo-European itself.
 
From the Latin root "calamus", a number of modern English words arise:
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* ''chalumeau'' register, the lower notes of a [[clarinet]]'s range (another [[reed instrument]]).
 
== Ūtanwearde bendas ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/araceae.htm Family Araceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/ephedra/warningsample.html FDA street drug alternative warning letter]
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