| NOUN | plant | calamus | any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus |
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| plant | calamus | the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally | |
| plant | calamus, sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus | perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | |
| animal | Calamus, genus Calamus | a genus of Sparidae | |
| animal | calamus, quill, shaft | the hollow spine of a feather |
| Meaning | Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough / tough stems are a source of rattan canes. | |
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| Member of | genus Calamus | distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest / forest |
| Narrower | lawyer cane, Calamus australis | tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia |
| rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang | Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes | |
| Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
| Meaning | The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally. | |
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| Part of | sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus | perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots |
| Broader | root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes |
| Meaning | perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots. | |
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| Synonyms | sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus | |
| Member of | Acorus, genus Acorus | sweet flags |
| Parts | calamus | The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally |
| Broader | marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant | A semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land |
| Substances | calamus oil | carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume |
| Spanish | cálamo aromático | |
| Catalan | Acorus calamus, càlam | |
| Meaning | A genus of Sparidae. | |
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| Synonym | genus Calamus | |
| Member of | Sparidae, family Sparidae | porgies |
| Members | sheepshead porgy, Calamus penna | From Florida and Bahamas to Brazil |
| Broader | fish genus | Any of various genus of fish |
| Spanish | calamus, genus calamus | |
| Catalan | calamus, genus calamus | |
| Meaning | The hollow spine of a feather. | |
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| Synonyms | quill, shaft | |
| Part of | feather, plume, plumage | The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
| Broader | rib | A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant |
| Spanish | cálamo | |
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