calamite
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.
Origin of calamite
1Other words from calamite
- cal·a·mi·te·an [kal-uh-mahy-tee-uhn], /ˌkæl əˈmaɪ ti ən/, adjective
- ca·lam·i·toid [kuh-lam-i-toid], /kəˈlæm ɪˌtɔɪd/, adjective
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How to use calamite in a sentence
Among tissue petrifactions there are many calamite stems of various stages of growth.
Ancient Plants | Marie C. Stopescalamite, kal′a-mīt, n. a fossil plant abundant in the coal-measures, believed to be a kind of gigantic horse-tails (Equisetace).
British Dictionary definitions for calamite
/ (ˈkæləˌmaɪt) /
any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
Origin of calamite
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