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.

 

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