aromatic cane
sweet-smelling grass that grows in clumps to more than a meter high and has stiff leaves like sword grass; Cymbopogon martinii - ginger grass; or, a type of reed with stiff leaves, distinguished by its green flower head that grows on a stalk to about 50 cm high; Acorus calamus - calumus; oil is extracted by boiling and distilling the leaves; used in the oil for anointing priests
“aromatic cane.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/aromatic-cane
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