kalmia

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kalmia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

kalmia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kalmia
      n 1: any plant of the genus Kalmia