calamus : Idioms & Phrases

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acorus calamus

  • noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
    sweet flag; calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
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calamus australis

  • noun tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
    lawyer cane.
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calamus oil

  • noun carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume
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calamus penna

  • noun from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
    sheepshead porgy.
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calamus rotang

  • noun climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
    rattan palm; rattan.
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genus calamus

  • noun distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
  • noun a genus of Sparidae
    Calamus.
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sweet calamus

  • noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
    sweet flag; calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
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Sweet calamus, ∨ Sweet cane

  • . (Bot.) Same as Sweet flag, below.
Webster 1913