| 单词 | calamite |
| 释义 | calamite[ kal-uh-mahyt ] / ˈkæl əˌmaɪt / nounany fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel. Origin of calamite1745–55; <New Latin Calamites the genus name, Latin calamītēs<Greek kalamī́tēs reedlike. See calamus, -ite1 OTHER WORDS FROM calamitecal·a·mi·te·an [kal-uh-mahy-tee-uhn], /ˌkæl əˈmaɪ ti ən/, adjectiveca·lam·i·toid [kuh-lam-i-toid], /kəˈlæm ɪˌtɔɪd/, adjectiveWords nearby calamitecalamata olive, Calamian Islands, calamine, calamine brass, calamint, calamite, calamitous, calamity, Calamity Jane, calamondin, calamus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calamite
British Dictionary definitions for calamitecalamite / (ˈkæləˌmaɪt) / nounany extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails Word Origin for calamiteC19: from New Latin Calamītes type genus, from Greek kalamitēs reedlike, from kalamos reed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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