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Definition of: calumet
(kal′yə·met, kal′yə·met′) noun
A tobacco pipe with a long, ornamented reed stem, and, usually, a red clay bowl: used by American Indians in religious and magic ceremonies, to ratify war and peace treaties, etc.: often called peace pipe. [<F, pipe stem <L calamellus, dim. of calamus reed]
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