calamus

n. type of plant

Calamus may mean:Sweet flag (Acorus calamus), a herbCalamus (palm genus), a genus of rattan palmsCalamus (animal), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.Calamus, IowaCalamus, WisconsinCalamus, a desktop publishing applicationCalamus (Kalamos), a figure in Greek mythology who turned into a reed out of grief for his young male lover Karpos, who drowned.Calamus (poem), a series of poems by American writer Walt Whitman.Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill
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Calamus /cal·a·mus/ a reed or reedlike structure. calamus scripto´rius the lowest portion of the floor of the fourth ventricle, situated between [more]Calamus - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a genus of Sparidae
(synonym) genus Calamus
(hypernym) fish genus
(member-holonym) Sparidae, family Sparidae
(member-meronym) sheepshead porgy, Calamus penna

Noun
1. any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
(hypernym) palm, palm tree
(hyponym) rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang
(member-holonym) genus Calamus
2. the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus
3. perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
(synonym) sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus
(hypernym) marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
(member-holonym) Acorus, genus Acorus
(substance-meronym) calamus oil
4. the hollow shaft of a feather
(synonym) quill, shaft
(hypernym) rib
(part-holonym) feather, plume, plumage

(n.)
The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
  

(n.)
The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
  

(n.)
A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.