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

Hence in Italian a squid is called calamaio, from calamus a reed or pen, and in English the similar term calamary is sometimes used.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

The scummy pond sleeps lazily, Clad thick with lilies, and the bee Reels boisterous as a Bassarid Above the bloated green frog hid In lush wan calamus and grass, Beside the water's stagnant glass.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

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

Along the centre of the floor is the median furrow, which terminates below in a pen-shaped form, the so-called calamus scriptorius.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various