noun
Meaning 1
Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.
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kalmia
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noun
Meaning 2
any plant of the genus Kalmia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: mountain laurel, wood laurel, American laurel, calico bush, Kalmia latifolia, swamp laurel, bog laurel, bog kalmia, Kalmia polifolia, sheep laurel, pig laurel, lambkill, Kalmia angustifolia
History
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Kalmia, from Swedish Kalm + translingual -ia, equivalent to Kalm + -ia.