Definitions for calicoˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cal•i•coˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ(n.; adj.)(pl.)-coes, -cos
(n.)a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usu. on one side.
Category: Textiles
Brit. plain white cotton cloth.
Category: British
an animal having a spotted or particolored coat.
Category: Zoology, Dogs, Cats, and Horses
(adj.)made of calico.
Category: Textiles
mottled or variegated in color.
Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses
(of a domestic cat) having a variegated white, black, red, and cream coat.
Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses
Origin of calico:
1495–1505; short for Calico cloth
Princeton's WordNet
calico(adj)
coarse cloth with a bright print
calico(adj)
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
"calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured(adj)
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
"a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
Wiktionary
calico(Noun)
A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.
calico(Adjective)
Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
Webster Dictionary
Calico(noun)
plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc
Calico(noun)
cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern
Calico(adj)
made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color
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