esquenanto 318
esquenanto . ( Of the lat. ) schoenanthus, and this of the Gr. s?(to?, fragrant Reed). 1. m. perennial of the family of the grasses, indigenous of the India and Arabia, with stems hard and filled with many leaves linear, fluted and somewhat rough at the edges, flowers are small, reddish, grouped in panicles unilateral and linear. The root is white, aromatic and medicinal, and they employ in the East to the muslins particular odor that distinguishes them.