calamus
English Thesaurus
1. the hollow spine of a feather (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | rib, |
definition | : | a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | feather, plumage, plume, |
definition | : | the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (noun.animal) |
2. a genus of Sparidae (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | fish genus, |
definition | : | any of various genus of fish (noun.animal) |
3. perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant, |
definition | : | a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath (noun.plant) |
part holonym | : | calamus, |
definition | : | the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | acorus, genus acorus, |
definition | : | sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae (noun.plant) |
substance holonym | : | calamus oil, |
definition | : | carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume (noun.plant) |
4. the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | root, |
definition | : | (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 (noun.plant) |
5. any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | palm, palm tree, |
definition | : | any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm, |
definition | : | climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus calamus, |
definition | : | distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest (noun.plant) |
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