Middle English Dictionary Entry
calamel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | calamel n. Also galamel. |
| Etymology | ML calamella (var. of canna mella) & OF galamel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sugar cane.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)71/12 : Þai hafe ane oþer maner of drinke gude and delicious and riȝt nurischand, þe whilk es made of diuerse spiceries and namely of calamel [Tit 91/32: Galamell; F galamel], wharoff gude sugur es made.