kalmia

noun

kal·​mia

ˈkalmēə

1

capitalized : a genus of North American evergreen shrubs (family Ericaceae) with oblong to linear leaves and showy flowers that are borne in clusters in the axils of leaves or bracts and have a saucer-shaped basally 10-saccate corolla with an anther resting in each sac see mountain laurel, sheep laurel

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Kalmia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Peter Kalm †1779 Swedish botanist + New Latin -ia

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