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Calamus
Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * ''Acorus calamus'', the sweet flag, a tall wetland plant, commonly referred to as calamus in herbal medicine Place names * Calamus, Iowa, United States * Calamus, Wisconsin, United States * Calamus Creek (other) * Calamus Swamp, Ohio, United States Other uses * Calamus (DTP), a desktop publishing application * Calamus (poems), a series of poems by American writer Walt Whitman * Calamus Ensemble, a classical music ensemble featuring Roberto Carnevale * Ensemble Cálamus, a classical music ensemble featuring Eduardo Paniagua * USS ''Calamus'' (AOG-5) a ''Mettawee''-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy * Calamus or Kalamos, a figure in Greek mythology *Calamus, a character from the 2014 puzzle/adventure game OneShot See also * Calamis (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus (palm)
''Calamus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae, and is one of several genera known as rattan palms. There are an estimated 400 species in this genus, all native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. Description Species in this genus are mostly climbers with long, slender, flexible stems, but some are erect shrubs and some have no apparent stem (). They may be clustering or single-stemmed. The leaves are with an even number of leaflets, in the climbers they may be variously barbed or clothed in spines (including the leaf sheath). Climbers also produce armed tendrils – either from the leaf sheath, in which case it is known as a 'flagella', or as an extension of the midrib and known as a 'cirrus'. Climbing species will often reach the forest canopy, and one plant was recorded as being long. All species are dioecious, meaning that male and female inflorescences are produced on separate plants. They both arise from the and are pendant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus, Iowa
Calamus () is a small town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, located on the historical Lincoln Highway, which was the first transcontinental highway for automobiles across the U.S.. Calamus is the only town in Olive Township, Clinton County, Iowa, Olive Township and had a population of 356 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, which was a 9.6% decrease from 2000. Calamus was named after Calamus Creek, which received its name from the great quantities of sweet flag growing in it, derived from the botanical name ''Acorus calamus'', commonly called Sweet Flag or Calamus. History Early settlement In July 1858 the first railroad was built west from Clinton to Clarence, Iowa. It was called the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad, later changed to Chicago Northwestern Railroad Co.. In the same year, Joseph D. Fegan was deputized to go to the cross roads of the Stage Coach Lines and the Indian Trails at Syracuse, which had a small stove and a saloon, to establish a post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus (fish)
''Calamus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. Most of the species in this genus are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, with 2 species occurring in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Calamus'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson when he described ''Calamus megacephalus'' as its only species. The type locality of ''C. megacephalus'' was given as Martinique, it was later found to be a junior synonym of '' Pagellus calamus'', described by Achille Valenciennes in 1830. This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World''. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae. Etymology ''Calamus'' means " quill", an allusion to what Swainson described as “the second anal-fin spine, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus (DTP)
Calamus is a desktop publishing application, originally built for the Atari ST computer. The first version was released on July 1, 1987, by the former German software company DMC GmbH. Calamus is a software Raster Image Processor, RIP application which generates high-quality output in any resolution. It was one of the first DTP applications supporting an own vector font format, notable for its support for automatic kerning even where adjacent characters are set in different fonts or at different sizes. Its high modularity offers features for almost every purpose in desktop publishing. Calamus also was one of the first DTP apps to support real virtual objects and frames, nondestructive vector masks, and editable PostScript, PS/Portable Document Format, PDF import. Its (adjustable) measurement base of 1/10,000mm allows accurate positioning of elements. Calamus was ported to Microsoft Windows, Windows by MGI Software and was released as Calamus 95. In 1997, distribution rights for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Ensemble
Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * ''Acorus calamus'', the sweet flag, a tall wetland plant, commonly referred to as calamus in herbal medicine Place names * Calamus, Iowa, United States * Calamus, Wisconsin, United States * Calamus Creek (other) * Calamus Swamp, Ohio, United States Other uses * Calamus (DTP), a desktop publishing application * Calamus (poems), a series of poems by American writer Walt Whitman * Calamus Ensemble, a classical music ensemble featuring Roberto Carnevale * Ensemble Cálamus, a classical music ensemble featuring Eduardo Paniagua * USS ''Calamus'' (AOG-5) a ''Mettawee''-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy * Calamus or Kalamos, a figure in Greek mythology *Calamus, a character from the 2014 puzzle/adventure game OneShot See also * Calamis ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus (poems)
The "Calamus" poems are a cluster of poems in '' Leaves of Grass'' by Walt Whitman. These poems celebrate and promote "the manly love of comrades". Most critics believe that these poems are Whitman's clearest expressions in print of his ideas about homoerotic male love. Genesis and "Live Oak With Moss" The first evidence of the poems that were to become the "Calamus" cluster is an unpublished manuscript sequence of twelve poems entitled "Live Oak With Moss," written in or before spring 1859. These poems were all incorporated in Whitman's 1860 edition of ''Leaves of Grass'', but out of their original sequence. These poems seem to recount the story of a relationship between the speaker of the poems and a male lover. Even in Whitman's intimate writing style, these poems, read in their original sequence, seem unusually personal and candid in their disclosure of love and disappointment, and this manuscript has become central to arguments about Whitman's homoeroticism or homosexuality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Calamus (AOG-25)
USS ''Calamus'' (AOG-25) was a ''Mettawee''-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. ''Calamus'' was launched 4 May 1944 by East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. A. H. Moore; transferred to the Navy 7 July 1944; and commissioned the same day. World War II service ''Calamus'' sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, 13 September 1944, bound for Pearl Harbor and Ulithi, where she arrived in mid-December and began her work as station tanker, fueling ships of the fleet as they brought the war ever closer to the Japanese homeland. Supporting the Central Pacific fleet ''Calamus'' cleared for Eniwetok 20 January 1945, and until February, pumped her vital gasoline into the ships readying there for the assault on Iwo Jima. Following the fleet she served westward, ''Calamus'' did station duty at Saipan from 11 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Swamp
Calamus Swamp is a public preserve located from Circleville, Ohio, Circleville in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. It has a natural Kettle (geology), kettle lake/wetland and is owned by the Columbus Audubon, the local chapter of National Audubon Society, Audubon. History Calamus Swamp includes the only known kettle lake in central Ohio that is naturally vegetated and undisturbed. The kettle lake was made in the last ice age by the glacier that covered 2/3 of Ohio. When Ada May Burke and Sally V. May received the land, they donated it to Audubon#History, Columbus Audubon, who then converted the land into a public preserve. Plant life According to the Columbus Audubon website, Calamus Swamp has a unique Biocoenosis, plant community. Because of the moist soil, trees such as the American Elm, Green Ash and, in places, Acer rubrum, Red and Acer saccharinum, Silver maples can be found in the swamp forest. Animals Calamus Swamp has a wide range of birds and animals. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus, Wisconsin
Calamus is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of South Beaver Dam is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Lost Lake is also located partially in the town. History The town was founded on January 22, 1846. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.7 km2), of which, 36.1 square miles (93.4 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km2) of it (1.29%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,005 people, 379 households, and 297 families living in the town. The population density was 27.9 people per square mile (10.8/km2). There were 396 housing units at an average density of 11.0 per square mile (4.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.71% White, 0.70% African American, 0.90% Native American, 0.30% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acorus Calamus
''Acorus calamus'' (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus ''Acorus.'' Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, it has no clinical evidence of safety or efficacy and may be toxic if ingested, and so has been commercially banned in the United States. Description Sweet flag is a herbaceous perennial, tall. Its leaves resemble those of the iris family. Sweet flag consists of tufts of basal leaves that rise from a spreading rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from .... The leaves are erect yellowish-brown, radical, with pink sheathing at their base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamos
Kalamos (; ) is a Greek mythological figure. He is son of Maiandros, the god of the Maeander river. Mythology A story in Nonnus's ''Dionysiaca'' tells about the love of two youths, Kalamos and Karpos. Karpos drowned in the Meander river while the two were competing in a swimming contest. In his grief, Kalamos allowed himself to drown also. He was then transformed into a water reed, whose rustling in the wind was interpreted as a sigh of lamentation. The acorus calamusare water reed which has a fragrant scent (more commonly known as Sweet Flag) is named after Calamus and this myth. Walt Whitman's " Calamus" poems in ''Leaves of Grass'' may have been inspired by this story. Etymology of the word Kalamos Similar words can be found in Sanskrit (कलम ''kalama'', meaning "reed" and "pen" as well as a type of rice), Hebrew ('' kulmus'', meaning quill) and Latin (''calamus'') as well as the ancient Greek Κάλαμος (''Kalamos''). The Arabic word قلم '' qalam'' (meani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Creek (other)
Calamus Creek may refer to: * Calamus Creek (Minnesota), a stream in Douglas County, Minnesota * Calamus Creek (Wisconsin), a tributary of the Beaver Dam River in southeastern Wisconsin {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
