calami

noun

1. 1.The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
2. 2.A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
3. 3.An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
4. 4.A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
5. 5.The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice.