noun, masculine/ˈkalamo/plural: cálamos
a reed pen, used to write with ink in antiquity; sweet flag or calamus, a plant in the genus Acorus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos)bor. Latin calamuslbor. Spanish cálamo Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Compare Spanish carámbano, inherited from a diminutive form of the Latin.