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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
KAL'MIA, n. The name of a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of N. America, called laurel, ivy-bush, calico-bush, etc.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: any plant of the genus Kalmia
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a N. American evergreen shrub of the genus Kalmia, esp. K. latifolia, with showy pink flowers. Etymology: mod.L f. P. Kalm, Sw. botanist d. 1779
Webster's 1913 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.
