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Calamus
Calamus meaning
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.
Example sentences (4)
Never mind that calamus root has been used as a herb in Chinese and Indian cultures for centuries, or that small amounts of it have been consumed by Amer Picon–sipping Europeans for generations with zero reported health effects.
Only mule deer were sampled in the Pine Ridge, Plains and Sandhills units, while only whitetails were sampled in the Keya Paha, Calamus West and Loup West units.
Calamus stems can reach 200 m in length.
The basal part of the calamus is without vanes.