calamusn.

Brit.

/ˈkaləməs/, U.S.

/ˈkæləməs/

Forms: Also 1500s kalmus, calmus.

Etymology: < Latin calamus, Greek κάλαμος reed.

†1. A reed, a cane: vaguely used by early writers, after Latin or Greek authors. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant > reed or stalk

reedOE

calamusa1398

cane1398

roselc1450

whistle-stalka1657

spear1844

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxx. 928 Strawe is ycleped calamus vsualis.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxix. 927 Calamus aromaticus is a maner of kynde of spicery þat groweþ bisides mount Libany... And is..holowȝ wiþinne as a cane.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 57 Bastard or false Calamus doth growe naturally at the foote of a high hill neere to Prussia.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 375 The shorter and thicker that the reed is, the better is the Calamus.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 53 The true or bitter Calamus is a Kind of Reed.

2. sweet calamus n. C. aromaticus: (a) some eastern aromatic plant or plants (supposed by some to be Andropogon Schoenanthus, the Sweet-scented Lemon Grass of Malabar); (b) applied by some English herbalists to the native Sweet Flag or Sweet Rush ( Acorus Calamus).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > sweet calamus

calamya1382

sweet calamusa1398

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag

beeworteOE

sweet calamusa1398

acorus?a1425

acorum1601

sweet rush1607

sweet cane1611

sweet smelling flag1640

sweet flag1790

myrtle flag1796

myrtle grass1796

flag-root1851

myrtle sedge1857

sweet sedge1857

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxv. 769 Þerynne ben..a treo þat..hat canel, peper, and calamum, and [emended in ed. to þat] smellen ful swete.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxvii. 19 Dan, and Greece, and Mosel, settiden forth in thi fairis..calamus.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vi. 20 Wherfore bringe ye me..swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees?

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxx. 23 Take thou..of sweet calamus [Coverdale Kalmus] two hundred and fiftie shekels.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 302 Broath..with..a little Angellica Seed, and Calamus.

1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 171 Calamus Aromaticus 3 Ounces, Leaves of Wall-Rue 4 Ounces.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 258 Of Plants not liliaceous..as the Calamus Aromaticus or Sweet Rush.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend Nativity 147 Another goblet!.. Stir..drops of myrrh And calamus therein!

3. A genus of palms comprising many species, the stems of which grow to an extraordinary length, and form canes or rattans.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > rattan palm

rattan1681

jambee1704

rotan1771

calamus1836

Malacca cane1874

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 135/2 Calamus..the species..grow in the forests, climbing over trees and bushes to a greater extent than any other known plants.

1885 H. M. Stanley Congo II. xxviii. 92 The luxuriant and endless lengths of calamus are useful for flooring and verandah mats.

4. ‘A fistular stem without an articulation’ ( Treasury Bot.).

Draft additions 1997

Ornithology. The lower, unbarbed part of the shaft of a bird's feather.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > part of

pen1381

quill?a1425

dowlc1535

rib1545

web1575

pilec1600

twill1664

beard1688

pinion1691

vane1713

shaft1748

beardlet1804

medulla1826

barb1835

barbule1835

stem1845

feather-pulp1859

aftershaft1867

barbicel1869

filament1870

vexillum1871

scape1872

rachis1874

harl1877

calamus1878

radius1882

ramus1882

scapus1882

cilia1884

1878 T. Dunman Gloss. Biol., Anat., & Physiol. Terms 18 Calamus, the quill of a bird's feather.

1940 Physiol. Zoöl. XIII. 155 In the formation of the calamus the same process..gives rise to a series of ‘horny’ partitions.

1974 D. Webster & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. viii. 168 The shaft of the pluma is composed of the calamus, which is embedded in the feather follicle and protrudes a short distance beyond it, and the rachis, which supports and is actually part of the feather's vane.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calamus
释义	calamusn. Brit. /ˈkaləməs/, U.S. /ˈkæləməs/ Forms: Also 1500s kalmus, calmus. Etymology: < Latin calamus, Greek κάλαμος reed. †1. A reed, a cane: vaguely used by early writers, after Latin or Greek authors. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant > reed or stalk reedOE calamusa1398 cane1398 roselc1450 whistle-stalka1657 spear1844 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxx. 928 Strawe is ycleped calamus vsualis. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxix. 927 Calamus aromaticus is a maner of kynde of spicery þat groweþ bisides mount Libany... And is..holowȝ wiþinne as a cane. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 57 Bastard or false Calamus doth growe naturally at the foote of a high hill neere to Prussia. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 375 The shorter and thicker that the reed is, the better is the Calamus. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 53 The true or bitter Calamus is a Kind of Reed. 2. sweet calamus n. C. aromaticus: (a) some eastern aromatic plant or plants (supposed by some to be Andropogon Schoenanthus, the Sweet-scented Lemon Grass of Malabar); (b) applied by some English herbalists to the native Sweet Flag or Sweet Rush ( Acorus Calamus). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > sweet calamus calamya1382 sweet calamusa1398 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag beeworteOE sweet calamusa1398 acorus?a1425 acorum1601 sweet rush1607 sweet cane1611 sweet smelling flag1640 sweet flag1790 myrtle flag1796 myrtle grass1796 flag-root1851 myrtle sedge1857 sweet sedge1857 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxv. 769 Þerynne ben..a treo þat..hat canel, peper, and calamum, and [emended in ed. to þat] smellen ful swete. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxvii. 19 Dan, and Greece, and Mosel, settiden forth in thi fairis..calamus. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vi. 20 Wherfore bringe ye me..swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees? 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxx. 23 Take thou..of sweet calamus [Coverdale Kalmus] two hundred and fiftie shekels. View more context for this quotation 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 302 Broath..with..a little Angellica Seed, and Calamus. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 171 Calamus Aromaticus 3 Ounces, Leaves of Wall-Rue 4 Ounces. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 258 Of Plants not liliaceous..as the Calamus Aromaticus or Sweet Rush. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend Nativity 147 Another goblet!.. Stir..drops of myrrh And calamus therein! 3. A genus of palms comprising many species, the stems of which grow to an extraordinary length, and form canes or rattans. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > rattan palm rattan1681 jambee1704 rotan1771 calamus1836 Malacca cane1874 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 135/2 Calamus..the species..grow in the forests, climbing over trees and bushes to a greater extent than any other known plants. 1885 H. M. Stanley Congo II. xxviii. 92 The luxuriant and endless lengths of calamus are useful for flooring and verandah mats. 4. ‘A fistular stem without an articulation’ ( Treasury Bot.). Draft additions 1997 Ornithology. The lower, unbarbed part of the shaft of a bird's feather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > part of pen1381 quill?a1425 dowlc1535 rib1545 web1575 pilec1600 twill1664 beard1688 pinion1691 vane1713 shaft1748 beardlet1804 medulla1826 barb1835 barbule1835 stem1845 feather-pulp1859 aftershaft1867 barbicel1869 filament1870 vexillum1871 scape1872 rachis1874 harl1877 calamus1878 radius1882 ramus1882 scapus1882 cilia1884 1878 T. Dunman Gloss. Biol., Anat., & Physiol. Terms 18 Calamus, the quill of a bird's feather. 1940 Physiol. Zoöl. XIII. 155 In the formation of the calamus the same process..gives rise to a series of ‘horny’ partitions. 1974 D. Webster & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. viii. 168 The shaft of the pluma is composed of the calamus, which is embedded in the feather follicle and protrudes a short distance beyond it, and the rachis, which supports and is actually part of the feather's vane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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