calamus

n. 菖蒲, 白藤, 羽根 [化] 菖蒲(Acorus calamus)

词形变化

calami calamuses 复数 calamuses calami 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).

    不可数
  2. 2.

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

    不可数 生物 动物学
  3. 3.

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

    不可数
  4. 4.

    A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.

    不可数
  5. 5.

    A fistular stem without an articulation.

    不可数 生物 植物学
  6. 6.

    Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).

    历史 不可数 宗教

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

shaft quill flagroot sweet flag

上位词 4

palm root rib palm tree

下位词 3

lawyer cane rattan rattan palm

整体词 4

plume plumage flagroot sweet flag

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.

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