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Calamus   Listen
noun
Calamus  n.  (pl. calami)  
1.
(Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
2.
(Bot.) A species of Acorus (Acorus 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.
3.
(Zool.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.





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Words linked to "Calamus" :   plume, Calamus penna, feather, Acorus, genus Calamus, Acorus calamus, family Sparidae, plumage, Calamus australis, calamus oil, rattan, Calamus rotang, root, sweet flag, sheepshead porgy, Sparidae, myrtle flag, shaft, marsh plant, palm tree, palm, rattan palm, fish genus, swamp plant


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