calamus
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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
At their bases these rudimentary barbs meet to form the calamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
She sat her down therefore and took up her pen, or, as our ancestors would then have said, her calamus.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
Vaucher, sterility of Ranunculus ficaria and Acorus calamus, ii.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
"This," she explained, "is some calamus root that I raised and dried myself, and I hope it comes in handy whenever you ladies need something for the indigestion."
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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