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# calamus

«calamus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (calamus, calamuses)

### meaning for a pupil

A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was once used as medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamus/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old Uncle Remus tales, a root Brer Fox uses as a cure or a trick; not a word used in ordinary talk

### examples

- Brer Fox dug up a calamus root. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamus/#x1)
- The calamus smelled sweet in the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamus/#x2)
- Old healers used its root as medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamus/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.705/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calamus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.