calamus

Meanings

Plural: calami, calamuses

Noun

• any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
• the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
• perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
• a genus of Sparidae
• the hollow spine of a feather
• The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
• A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
• A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
• A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
• A fistular stem without an articulation.
• Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).

Synonyms

Acorus calamus, fistula, flagroot, genus Calamus, myrtle flag, quill, shaft, sweet calamus, sweet flag