kalmia

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bush andromeda azalea camellia rhododendron chaparral scrub shrub gaultheria mountain laurel lambkill vaccinium Pieris leucothoe cranberry plant

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Hypernyms

bush shrub

Hyponyms

mountain laurel American laurel lambkill sheep laurel bog laurel Kalmia latifolia

Phrases with the word

Kalmia buxifolia

Anagrams

Kalami kalima Kamali kamila makila Malika

Examples

First Nation communities Ethnobotany The Hudson Bay Cree use a decoction of the leaves of Kalmia latifolia for diarrhea, but they consider the plant to be poisonous. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Kalmar Kalmarian Kalmenoff Kalmia angustifolia Kalmia buxifolia Kalmia latifolia