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Definition of Calico bush
1. Noun. A North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers.
Generic synonyms: Kalmia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calico Bush
Literary usage of Calico bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Kalmia à larges feuilles, Breitblättrige Kalmia, Broad-leaved Kalmia, Laurel,
Mountain Laurel, Ivy, calico bush, Calico-tree, Calico Flower, I LISN^US, ..."
2. The Religious Magazine and Monthly Review by Edmund H Sears, James William Thompson, John Hopkins Morison (1857)
"... express an unfailing dislike to Latin names may not, perhaps, after all, when
they come to compare them, prefer Pinkster-flower to Azalea, Calico-bush ..."
3. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"... the stagger bush, Kalmia latifolia, the American laurel, or calico-bush.
Rhododendron nudiflorum, the purple azalea, Lindera Benzoin, the spice bush. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"calico bush. Fig. 2029. Shrub, 4-10 ft. high, rarely tree to 30 ft., with dense,
round-topped head : Ivs. petioled, alternate or irregularly whorled, ..."
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