Definition of calamuses Calamuses

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Noun Plural: calami
calamus - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
		palm tree, palm the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
		genus calamus distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
		calamus rotang, rattan palm, rattan a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
calamus - a genus of Sparidae
		genus Calamus
		fish genus any of various genus of fish
		family sparidae, sparidae porgies; scups
calamus - the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
		root the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
calamus - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
		sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus
		bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
		acorus, genus acorus sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
		calamus a genus of Sparidae
calamus - the hollow spine of a feather
		quill, shaft
		rib support resembling the rib of an animal

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calamus (n.)
The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
calamus (n.)
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.
calamus (n.)
The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

calamus
kal′a-mus, n. the traditional name of the sweet flag, which is no doubt the Calamus aromaticus of Roman authors, and probably the sweet calamus and sweet cane of Scripture, but not the fragrant lemon-grass of India: a genus of palms whose stems make canes or rattans: the reed pen used by the ancients in writing. [L.—Gr.]