calamus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
Types & categories
- palm tree hypernym
- rattan hyponym
- lawyer cane hyponym
Parts & wholes
- genus Calamus member holonym
Sense 2 noun
the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
Types & categories
- root hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sweet flag part holonym
Sense 3 noun
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
Types & categories
- marsh plant hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Acorus member holonym
- calamus part meronym
- calamus oil substance meronym
Sense 4 noun
the hollow spine of a feather
Types & categories
- rib hypernym
Parts & wholes
- feather part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Calamus |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | palm tree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rattan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lawyer cane |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sweet flag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | root |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Acorus |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | calamus |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | calamus oil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | marsh plant |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | feather |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rib |