Definitions for kalmia
kalmi·a

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1. kalmianoun

   any plant of the genus Kalmia

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1. kalmianoun

   Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.

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1. kalmia

   Kalmia is a genus of about ten species of evergreen shrubs from the family Ericaceae, native to North America and the Caribbean. They are known for their attractive, usually pink or white, spring or early summer flowers. The most widely known species is Kalmia latifolia, commonly known as Mountain Laurel.

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1. Kalmianoun

   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

2. Etymology: [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist.]

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1. Kalmia

   Kalmia is a genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2–5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae. They are native to North America and Cuba. They grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats and dry, sandy soils. Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century. Earlier Mark Catesby saw it during his travels in Carolina, and after his return to England in 1726, imported seeds. He described it, a costly rarity, in his Natural History of Carolina, as Chamaedaphne foliis tini, that is to say "with leaves like the Laurustinus"; the botanist and plant-collector John Collinson, who had begged some of the shrub from his correspondent John Custis in Virginia, wrote, when his plants flowered, that "I Really Think it exceeds the Laurus Tinus." The leaves are 2–12 cm long, simple lanceolate, and arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are white, pink or purple, in corymbs of 10-50, reminiscent of Rhododendron flowers but flatter, with a star-like calyx of five conjoined petals; each flower is 1–3 cm diameter. The fruit is a five-lobed capsule, which splits to release the numerous small seeds.

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1. Kalmia

   kal′mi-ä, n. a genus of North American evergreen shrubs, including the American mountain laurel. [From Peter Kalm, pupil of Linnæus.]

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1. • Shrub

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Anagrams for kalmia »

1. Kalami

2. kalima

3. Malika

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kalmia in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kalmia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kalmia
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kalmia
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kalmia
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kalmia
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=kalmia
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=kalmia