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

Herophilos has named after him the torcular herophili, and the name he gave the curious appearance in the floor of the fourth ventricle--the calamus scriptorius--is still retained.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.

I done laid in some calamus root, en I ain’t gwineter take no skuse,’ sez Brer Fox, sezee.”

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise

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

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 Elliott, James Sands