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Any plant of the genus Kalmia
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Word definitions for kalmia in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kalmia \Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel , ivy bush , lamb kill , calico bush , etc.
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Kalmia is a genus of evergreen shrubs. It may also refer to some locations in the United States: Kalmia, Maryland Kalmia Gardens , in Hartsville, South Carolina The Kalmia Hills , a mountain range in California
WordNet
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n. any plant of the genus Kalmia
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any plant in the taxonomic genus ''Kalmia''.
Usage examples of kalmia.
The azalia, the shumac, and every variety of that beautiful mischief, the kalmia, are in equal profusion.
The plant is a suitable companion to the ledums, kalmias, gaultherias, and other genera of its own order.
The azalia, the shumac, and every variety of that beautiful mischief, the kalmia, are in equal profusion.
The thickets may be varied too by making some of them of evergreens altogether, our red cedar made to grow in a bush, evergreen privet, pyrocanthus, Kalmia, Scotch broom.
The Pacific coast possesses no papaw, no linden or basswood, no locust-trees, no cherry-tree large enough for a timber tree, no gum-trees, no sorrel-tree, nor kalmia.