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calamus

ca·la·mus

uncommon

noun

1.

any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes

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the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally

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the hollow shaft of a feather

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Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.

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