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CALAMUS AUSTRALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calamus australis mean?
• CALAMUS AUSTRALIS (noun)
The noun CALAMUS AUSTRALIS has 1 sense:
1. tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
Familiarity information: CALAMUS AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calamus australis; lawyer cane
Hypernyms ("Calamus australis" is a kind of...):
calamus (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)
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