Calamite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]