Calambuco
a very durable tree, indestructible by ants, used for shipbuilding and farming implements; grows in the island of Luzon, Philippines.
CALAMIANES (kä-lä-mē-ä'nes), an island group of the Philippine Archipelago. Their surface is mountainous, and richly wooded, producing rice, wool, cacao, the birds' used food.
Busuanga, Calamian, and Linacapan are the largest of the 98 islands. Area about 677 square miles; pop. about 20,000.