English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of calamus

calamus

/noun/ कैलमेस;

English Dictionary:

1. Calamus

[n.]

- The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
- A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.
- The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.