calamus

• In England and America calamus was at one time candied. —  Article Source
• Acorus calamus, is a grass-like perennial that can grow up to 2 meters or 6.6 feet high.
• In one een' dey wuz a piece er calamus-root en some collard-seeds, en in de t'er een' dey wuz a great big rabbit foot. —  Nights With Uncle Remus
• A number of important discoveries in brain anatomy are attributed to Herophilus, after whom the torcular herophili within the skull is named, and who invented the term calamus scriptorius for certain appearances in the fourth ventricle. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• Frequently Marigold stigmata are cheaply used for adulterating the true Saffron Homer introduces Saffron as one of the flowers which formed the nuptial couch of Jupiter: and Solomon mentioned it as growing in his garden: "Spikenard and saffron: calamus, and cinnamon" (_Canticles iv., 14). —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

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