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calamite |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calamite \Cal"a*mite\, n. [L. calamus a reed: cf F. calamite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern {Equiseta} (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See {Acrogen}, and {Asterophyllite}.
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