Explore Calamus through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like palm or quill. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Calamus in a sentence
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.
Synonyms of Calamus
Using Calamus
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: palm, quill, fish genus, genus calamus.
Context around Calamus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calamus
- In this selection, "calamus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paha, root, west and stems stand out and add context to how "calamus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include calamus stems can and keya paha calamus west and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calamus" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calamus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Calamus stems can reach 200 m in length. (8 words)
The basal part of the calamus is without vanes. (9 words)
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. (28 words)
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. (39 words)
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. (28 words)
The basal part of the calamus is without vanes. (9 words)
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.