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 →

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 →
• The calamus smelled sweet in the pond. tree →
• Old healers used its root as medicine. tree →

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.
• Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «calamus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.