calamite
/kal-uh-mahyt/US // ˈkæl əˌmaɪt //UK // (ˈkæləˌmaɪt) //
菖蒲,陨石,菖蒲草,灾民
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel.
Examples
Among tissue petrifactions there are many Calamite stems of various stages of growth.
Calamite, kal′a-mīt, n. a fossil plant abundant in the coal-measures, believed to be a kind of gigantic horse-tails (Equisetace).
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