Meaning Of The Word Calamite

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calamite in American English
an extinct paleozoic plant (order Calamitales) related to modern horsetails but growing to the size of a tree
noun: 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

calamite in British English
noun: any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails

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