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calamus definition

cala·mus (kal′ə məs)

noun pl. calami -·mi′ (-mī′)

  1. sweet flag
  2. any of a genus (Calamus) of climbing palms of the Old World that yield rattan
  3. the quill of a feather

Etymology: ME < L < Gr kalamos, a stalk, reed, stubble < IE base *olem-, stalk, reed > Ger halm, L culmus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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