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calamistrum |
calamite |
calamitous |
calamity |
calamity jane |
calamus
| calamus australis
| calamus oil
| calamus penna
| calamus rotang
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calamus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun calamus has 5 senses
- calamus(n = noun.plant) Array - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes; Array is a kind of palm, palm tree
- calamus(n = noun.plant) Array - the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally; Array is a part of acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag
- calamus(n = noun.plant) acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots; Array is a member of acorus, genus acorus
- calamus(n = noun.animal) genus calamus - a genus of Sparidae; Array is a kind of fish genus
- calamus(n = noun.animal) quill, shaft - the hollow spine of a feather; Array is a part of feather, plumage, plume
is a member of genus calamus
has particulars: calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm, calamus australis, lawyer cane
is a kind of root
has parts: calamus
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
is a member of family sparidae, sparidae
is a kind of rib
CIDE DICTIONARY
calamus, n. [L., a reed. See Halm.].
- The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood. [1913 Webster]
- A species of
Acorus (Acorus calamus ), commonly calledcalamus , orsweet flag . The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. [1913 Webster] - The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. [1913 Webster]
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