1. Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes 
2. The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally 
3. Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
   - sweet flag, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus 
4. The hollow spine of a feather
   - quill, shaft

1. A genus of Sparidae
   - genus Calamus

Derived forms: calami

Type of: bog plant, fish genus, marsh plant, palm, palm tree, rib, root, swamp plant

Part of: Acorus, family Sparidae, feather, genus Acorus, genus Calamus, plumage, plume, Sparidae

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