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☆ kal·mia (kal′mē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Kalmia) of North American evergreen shrubs of the heath family, as the mountain laurel, with flowers of white or rose

Etymology: ModL, after P. Kalm (1715-1779), Swed botanist

Browse dictionary entries near kalmia

  1. ‹ Kalmar
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  4. ‹ Kaliningrad
  5. ‹ Kalinin
  6. ‹ kalimba
  7. ‹ Kalimantan
  8. ‹ kalif
  9. ‹ Kalidasa
  10. ‹ Kali
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