Definition
A fossil plant from the Carboniferous period, resembling a giant reed or horsetail, that formed coal deposits.
Etymology
From Latin 'calamis' (reed) + '-ite' (fossil suffix). Named because these prehistoric plants resembled the reeds known to ancient people, with '-ite' marking them as fossilized.
Kelly Says
Calamites were some of Earth's first giant plants—towering 100 feet tall in ancient swamps—and the coal we burn today came partly from these prehistoric 'super-reeds' that dominated Carboniferous forests.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ক্যালামিট
ka-la-mit
CACatalà
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
CSČeština
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
DADansk
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
DEDeutsch
Calamite
ka-la-mi-te
ELΕλληνικά
καλαμίτη
ka-la-mi-ti
ESEspañol
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
FISuomi
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
FRFrançais
calamite
ka-la-mi-t
HAHA
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
HUMagyar
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
IGIG
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
ITItaliano
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
MSBahasa Melayu
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
MYမြန်မာ
ကလာမီတ
ka-la-mi-t
NLNederlands
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
NONorsk
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
PLPolski
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
PTPortuguês
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
RORomână
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
RUРусский
каламит
ka-la-mit
SVSvenska
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
SWKiswahili
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
TEతెలుగు
కలమిట్
ka-la-mit
THไทย
คาลาไมท
ka-la-mai-t
TLTL
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
TRTürkçe
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
UKУкраїнська
каламит
ka-la-mit
VITiếng Việt
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
YOYO
calamite
ka-la-mi-te
ZUZU
icalamite
ka-la-mi-te