| 单词 | calamus |
| 释义 | calamus (once / 93805 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY calamus: calami USAGE EXAMPLESHence in Italian a squid is called calamaio, from calamus a reed or pen, and in English the similar term calamary is sometimes used. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. Gaebelein, Arno C., The Prophet Ezekiel—An Analytical E...(2011) At their bases these rudimentary barbs meet to form the calamus. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) 1 n any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes 2Hypo|Hyper Calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes Calamus australis, lawyer canetall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia palm, palm tree any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves 1n perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots Syn|Hyper Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath 2n the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally 3Hyper root (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground n the hollow spine of a feather Syn|Hyper quill, shaft rib a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant Calamus (once / 142402 pages) n WORD FAMILY Calamus: Calami USAGE EXAMPLESThe horny "pen" resembles a short leaf-shaped Roman sword, and Browne's term, "Gladiolus," is quite as appropriate as that of "Calamus." Browne, Thomas, Sir, Notes and Letters on the Natural Hi...(2011) See, again, in the pieces gathered together under the title “Calamus,” and elsewhere, what it means for a man to love his fellow-man. Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and W...(2011) Plantains, tree-ferns, bamboos, several Calami, and other palms, and Pandanus, are abundant at the lower levels. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) n a genus of Sparidae Syn|Hyper genus Calamus fish genus any of various genus of fish |
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