calamus vs tress

calamus

• A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. 

• Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”) 

• A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. 

• The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. 

• A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. 

tress

• A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. 

• A long lock of hair 

• A knot or festoon, as of flowers. 

• To braid or knot hair.