— calamitean /kal'euh muy"tee euhn/ , adj. — calamitoid /keuh lam"i toyd'/ , adj.
/kal"euh muyt'/ , n.
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.
[ 1745-55; Calamites the genus name, L calamites kalamítes reedlike. See CALAMUS, -ITE 1 ]