noun
1. distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
• Member Meronyms: ↑calamus
2. a genus of Sparidae
• Syn: ↑Calamus
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sparidae, ↑family Sparidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑sheepshead porgy, ↑Calamus penna
Useful english dictionary. 2012.