flagroot

Other forms of flagroot

plural

flagroots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flagroot

What does flagroot mean?

flagroot means "perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots".

How many syllables are in flagroot?

flagroot has 2 syllables: fla-groot. The stress falls on "fla".

What is another word for flagroot?

Close synonyms include sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, Acorus calamus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flagroot a common word?

flagroot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.