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
Indeed the word calamus still lives, though corrupted to the French chalumeau and still further altered to the German Schalmei and the English shawm.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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
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
Reed is the core or central part of the climbing calamus, a species of palm found in the jungles of Borneo and adjacent South Sea islands.
From Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools by McGaw, Virginia
