"calamite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calamites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} calamite (plural calamites)
  1. A member of the extinct genus of treelike horsetails (†Calamites). Wikipedia link: calamite Categories (lifeform): Horsetails Derived forms: calamitoid Translations (genus of extinct treelike horsetails): kalamito (Esperanto), kalamito (Ido), 蘆木 (roboku) (alt: ロボク) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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