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Any plant of the genus Kalmia
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Wikipedia
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Kalmia is a genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2–5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae . They are native to North America (mainly in the eastern half of the continent) and Cuba . They grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid ...
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n. any plant of the genus Kalmia
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.
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.