genus calamus

Noun
  1. Distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest (synset 112606871)
    is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym: calamus - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
    belongs to: arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
  2. A genus of Sparidae (synset 102595237)
    is a type of: fish genus - any of various genus of fish
    member holonym: calamus penna, sheepshead porgy - from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
    belongs to: family sparidae, sparidae - porgies; scups
    same as: calamus

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