Definition of "calamus" in Anglais

noun

1. The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.

2. (ornithology) A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.

3. A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.

4. A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.

5. (botany) A fistular stem without an articulation.

6. (Christianity, historical) Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).