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calamus
(kal′ə məs)
noun pl. calami
- sweet flag
- any of a genus (Calamus) of climbing palms of the Old World that yield rattan
- the quill of a feather
Origin: ME < L < Gr kalamos, a stalk, reed, stubble < IE base *olem-, stalk, reed > Ger halm, L culmus
See calamus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. cal·a·mi (-mīˌ)
- a. See sweet flag.b. The aromatic underground stem of the sweet flag, yielding an oil used in perfumery.
- Any of various chiefly tropical Asian climbing palms of the genus Calamus, having strong flexible stems used as a source of rattan.
- See quill.
Origin:
Origin: Latin, reed
Origin: , from Greek kalamos
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