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Synonyms for calamus

  • noun

Most common

sweet flag flagroot shaft quill fistula

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Sweet flag — sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

sweet flag, flagroot

2. Shaft

shaft, quill

Other

fistula

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).

  2. n. 2

    A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.

Forms

Plural
calamuses → shafts, quills, fistulas…

Example sentences

  • shaft From here, you can look down the elevator shaft.
  • quill My quill ran out of ink this morning.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
calamussteady
shaftfalling
quillrising
fistulasteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
shaft1, quill1
7 letters
fistula
8 letters
flagroot