calamus

/K AE1 L AH0 M AH0 S/

noun

1
The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
2
A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.

noun

1
An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
2
A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
3
The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice.
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