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Definition & Synonyms
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• Calabarine
- (n.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
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• Calamistrum
- (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
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• Calamine
- (n.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
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• Calamist
- (n.) One who plays upon a reed or pipe.
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• Calamities
- (pl. ) of Calamity
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• Calamistrate
- (v. i.) To curl or friz, as the hair.
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• Calabash
- (n.) The fruit of the calabash tree.
- (n.) The common gourd (plant or fruit).
- (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
Synonyms:
Gourd,
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• Calamary
- (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.
Synonyms:
Squid,
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• Calamistration
- (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.
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• Calamus
- (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragons blood.
Synonyms:
Quill, Shaft,
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