- 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.
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