Definitions for calamite

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calamite cal·a·mite

Spelling: [kal-uh-mahyt]

IPA: /ˈkæl əˌmaɪt/

Calamite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in calamite (aaceilmt).

Definitions for calamite

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.

Origin of calamite

1745-55; New Latin Calamites the genus name, Latin calamītēs Greek kalamī́tēs reedlike. See calamus, -ite¹

Examples for calamite

calamite, kal′a-mīt, n. a fossil plant abundant in the coal-measures, believed to be a kind of gigantic horse-tails (Equisetace).