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Calamus
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A small town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, named after a creek.
- 2 A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.
Noun
- 1 Sweet flag (Acorus calamus). uncountable, usually
"A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices"
- 2 the hollow spine of a feather wordnet
- 3 A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. uncountable, usually
"Thus, the four distinct feather parts that have been compared as to amino acid content to note whether or not the composition is uniform are rachis, barbs, calamus and medulla."
- 4 perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots wordnet
- 5 A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. uncountable, usually
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- 6 the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally wordnet
- 7 A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. uncountable, usually
- 8 any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes wordnet
- 9 A fistular stem without an articulation. uncountable, usually
- 10 Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”). historical, uncountable, usually
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.
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