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

The cinnabaris indica, mentioned by Pliny and Dioscorides, was what is vulgarly called dragon's blood, the resin obtained from various species of the calamus palm.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Reed is the core or central part of the climbing calamus, a species of palm found in the jungles of Borneo and adjacent South Sea islands.

From Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools by McGaw, Virginia

Spikenard an saffron, calamus an cinnamon, wud all trees of frankincense, myrrh, an allers, wud all de best of spices.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

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 Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift