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Calamus

noun

(pl. calami)

Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes.

The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally.

Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots. Synonyms: Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag.

A genus of Sparidae. Synonym: genus Calamus.

The hollow spine of a feather. Synonyms: quill, shaft.

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"Calamus" Quotes from Famous Books

... out, in reg'lar order, and larnt, I guess, just about as much as you did, about your disappointment and your worry. Then I thought, 'as like as not that woman is having more trouble down upon the island than I know anything about. So, true as calamus is sweet-flag, as soon as you was on your white horse, like the old lady of Banbury Cross, I was in my everyday skiff, and I didn't lose you out of my sight from the minute you started to the minute Peter and Ransom took you on the ferry—but I slid along ...

— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

Words linked to "Calamus" : Calamus australis, genus Acorus, rattan, rattan palm, bog plant, marsh plant, family Sparidae, plume, palm, lawyer cane, fish genus, sheepshead porgy, palm tree, swamp plant, Sparidae, feather, root, rib, plumage, Acorus