calamus

Noun

cal=a=mus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

calamus(n = noun.plant) - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes;

is a member of genus calamus

has particulars: calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm, calamus australis, lawyer cane

calamus(n = noun.plant) - the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally;

is a kind of root

calamus(n = noun.plant) acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots;

is a member of acorus, genus acorus

has parts: calamus

is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

is a kind of fish genus

is a member of family sparidae, sparidae

is a part of feather, plumage, plume

is a kind of rib

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 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. [1913 Webster]
The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. [1913 Webster]

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