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The hollow shaft of the feather (the "calamus") acts as an ink reservoir and ink flows to the tip by capillary action.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To date there is no solid evidence of any hallucinogenic substances incalamus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been used medicinally for a wide variety of ailments, and its aroma makescalamusessential oil valued in the perfume industry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecalamus, an instrument in the form of a triangle, was used to make characters in moist clay.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She used flowers, oil, andcalamusalong with cyperus, myrrh, and balsam.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is known to botanists as "acoruscalamus".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Further study of the cranium led him to describe the "calamusscriptorius" which he believed was the seat of the human soul.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Calamusshows neuroprotective effect against stroke and chemically induced neurodegeneration in rats.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Acalamus, the stem of a reed sharpened to a point, or bird feathers were used for writing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only the proportions are slightly different (one-half versus one part ofcalamus).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heavy use ofcalamusin such a recipe would render the host inedible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These sachets contained sweet powders, aromaticcalamus, benzoin, storax, galingale, cloves, and other fragrances from a herb or flower garden.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the base of the feather, the rachis expands to form the hollow tubular "calamus" (or quill) which inserts into a follicle in the skin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The basal part of thecalamusis without vanes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The stalk above thecalamusis a solid rachis having an umbilical groove on its underside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its basal part, called acalamus, is embedded in the skin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Take 1 part of the best myrrh, 1/2 part cinnamon, as muchcalamusas cinnamon, of cassia as much as the myrrh in weight and good fresh tree oil...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The information on these two pages came from anecdotal reports from two individuals (a husband and wife) who reported that they had ingestedcalamuson a few occasions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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