Thesaurus: calamus

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1. n. The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
2. 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.
3. n. The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
4. n. any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
5. n. the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
6. n. perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
7. n. the hollow spine of a feather
8. 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 (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. 3. (Zoöl.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
9. The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes thecommon rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
10. n. any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes n. the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally n. a genus of Sparidae