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

The rattan is the stem of a creeping prickly palm, the scientific name of which is the calamus.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

Originally the calamus grew in a limited area and was difficult to obtain.

From Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools by McGaw, Virginia

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

It is recognized by converging fibres which look like a pen, and are therefore called the calamus scriptorius, or writer’s pen.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)