calamus
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In the garden grow "an orchard of pomegranates . . . spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2011
Herophilus made many anatomical discoveries, and some of the names he gave to parts of the body are now in use, for instance, torcular Herophili, calamus scriptorius, and duodenum.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by James Sands Elliott
Hence in Italian a squid is called calamaio, from calamus a reed or pen, and in English the similar term calamary is sometimes used.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Garlic, calamus aromaticus, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, each, 1 drachm.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
These were calamus, bloodroot, snakeroot, slippery elm, tansy, and scores that I do not remember the names of.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
This contains "oleum calami," and the bitter principle "acorin."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
He could hardly have known of the two G's, from the sound; but the omission of the cross-bar from the one that was de rigueur was certainly a lapsus calami, and a serious one.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
We omit translation of the words ”los seis,” “the six,” as being apparently a lapsus calami.
The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.
From Damn! A Book of Calumny by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
I think this must have been a lapsus calami on Voltaire's part, because it is unlikely that he would have invented such a story.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
