01 n. The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
pl.
Calami ((#))
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The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.(Bot.) See: Rattan, Dragon's blood
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A species of Acorus (Acorus 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.(Bot.) Also: calamus, sweet flag
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The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.(Zool.)