calamus

Speech parts

1. calamus - Noun

2. Calamus - Proper noun

Meaning

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet 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.

The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

quill shaft flagroot sweet flag Acorus calamus myrtle flag genus Calamus sweet calamus barb pinion fin crest spike pinna wing

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Hypernyms

palm root rib palm tree swamp plant fish genus

Hyponyms

rattan Calamus rotang rattan palm lawyer cane Calamus australis

Phrases with the word

sweet calamus Calamus calamus Calamus campechanus Calamus mu Calamus brachysomus Calamus cervigoni

Derivatives

calami

Examples

Calamus stems can reach 200 m in length. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

calamondin tree calamosaur Calamotropha leptogrammellus Calamus arctifrons Calamus australis Calamus bajonado