Meaning of CALAMUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kalumus
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- [n] the hollow shaft of a feather
- [n] a genus of Sparidae
- [n] perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
- [n] the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
- [n] any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
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| | Synonyms: | | Acorus calamus, flagroot, genus Calamus, myrtle flag, quill, shaft, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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| | See Also: | | Acorus, bog plant, calamus, Calamus australis, calamus oil, Calamus penna, Calamus rotang, family Sparidae, feather, fish genus, genus Acorus, genus Calamus, lawyer cane, marsh plant, palm, palm tree, plumage, plume, rattan, rattan palm, rib, root, sheepshead porgy, Sparidae, swamp plant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Calami}. [L., a reed. See {Halm}.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the
barrel or quill.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the Latin for cane, Hebrew _Kaneh_, mentioned (Ex. 30:23) as one of the ingredients in the holy anointing oil, one of the sweet scents (Cant. 4:14), and among the articles sold in the markets of Tyre (Ezek. 27:19). The word designates an Oriental plant called the "sweet flag," the Acorus calamus of Linnaeus. It is elsewhere called "sweet cane" (Isa. 43:24; Jer. 6:20). It has an aromatic smell, and when its knotted stalk is cut and dried and reduced to powder, it forms an ingredient in the most precious perfumes. It was not a native of Palestine, but was imported from Arabia Felix or from India. It was probably that which is now known in India by the name of "lemon grass" or "ginger grass," the Andropogon schoenanthus. (See CANE.) |
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