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4 total sentences available.
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
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
In follicles late in feather growth, after rupture of the feather sheath, this canal contained the upper part of the calamus.
Source: wiktionary
Chapin asserted that the calamus is firmly fixed in the wing
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include acorus calamus, calligraphy pen, flagroot, myrtle flag, pen.
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