calamus

Example Sentences

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In the garden grow "an orchard of pomegranates . . . spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense".

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2011

He will not let me buy a bit of candied calamus unless the boy is under ten, he is so afraid I shall be looked at.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Bromfield, Dr., sterility of the ivy and Acorus calamus, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

"And then one can run around with Patty and tease the boys who sell pink calamus buds, and buy 'Peppery pot, smoking hot.'"

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.