Definitionn. any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus
Last update: October 28, 2015
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Galbanum, myrrh, stacte, frankincense, calamus, cassia and cinnamon, were all of them used in perfumes, even the myrrh being probably the kind distinguished at the present time in the Bombay market as perfumed myrrh or bissabol, which still forms an ingredient of the joss sticks used as incense in the temples in China. [Please select]
I'll des put yo' calamus root out yer on dish yer stump. [Please select]
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Another offered me the pleasant calamus-root, which in those days people liked to chew. [Please select]
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The jays are bluer than the calamus bed they wrangle above with throaty chatter. [Please select]
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The grass was long and very sweet, there were ferns and a few calamus flowers, and there must have been an acre of cowslips--cowslips with big-veined, heartshaped, green leaves, and large pale gold flowers. [Please select]
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Wild flowers grew everywhere, great beds were blue with calamus, and the birds flocked in companies to drive away the water blacksnakes that often found nests, and liked eggs and bird babies. [Please select]
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