Definition of Calamite. Meaning of Calamite. Synonyms of Calamite

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Definition of Calamite

Calamite
Calamite Cal"a*mite, n. [L. calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Meaning of Calamite from wikipedia

- Calamites is a genus of extinct arborescent (tree-like) horsetails to which the modern horsetails (genus Equisetum) are closely related. Unlike their...
- The pont de la Calamité was a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada. Among the last in Quebec, 34 covered bridges were constructed in Abitibi...
- Arthropitys. Asterophyllites (or incorrectly Asterophyllum). Astromyelon. Calamites. C. carinatus. C. suckowi. C. undulatus. Calamocarpon. Calamostachys....
- Caulopteris were tree ferns. The Equisetales included the common giant form Calamites, with a trunk diameter of 30 to 60 cm (24 in) and a height of up to 20 m...
- of bald cypress, living in mires with waterlogged soils. The tree-like calamites, distant relatives of modern horsetails, lived in coal swamps and grew...
- and warm. Extensive swamps developed with mosses, ferns, horsetails and calamites. Air-breathing arthropods evolved and invaded the land where they provided...
- equisetids were large trees reaching to 30 m (98 ft) tall. The genus Calamites of the family Calamitaceae, for example, is abundant in coal deposits...
- extinct plants of the genus Calamites in the order Equisetales. Annularia is a form taxon name given to leaves of Calamites. In that species, the leaves...
- best known examples of pith casts are in the Carboniferous Sphenophyta (Calamites) and cordaites (Artisia). Authigenic mineralisations. These can provide...
- vegetation, with many species of trees, bushes, creepers, etc. Thickets of Calamites seem to have favored the edges of lakes and waterways. Lycopsid genera...