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Definition of Kalmia
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Kalmia.
Specialized synonyms: American Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia Latifolia, Mountain Laurel, Wood Laurel, Bog Kalmia, Bog Laurel, Kalmia Polifolia, Swamp Laurel, Kalmia Angustifolia, Lambkill, Pig Laurel, Sheep Laurel
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Kalmia
1. n. 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.
Definition of Kalmia
1. Noun. Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kalmia
1. an evergreen shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Kalmia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalmia
Literary usage of Kalmia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1899)
"Both remedies have severe neuralgia of the face, but kalmia is oftenest ...
Both have pains in eyes, worse on turning them, but kalmia has a sense of ..."
2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Don, Miller's Diet. genus kalmia consists of low evergreen shrubs, ... The leaves
of the shrub called "Lamb-kill," or "Sheep Laurel," (kalmia angustifolia,) ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The powder, mixed with lard, lias been applied in herpes. kalmia GLAUCA, Swamp
Laurel, Pair Laurel. kalmia, NARROW-LEAVED ..."
4. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"kalmia. A small genus of handsome evergreen indigenous shrubs. kalmia, in honor
of Peter Kalm, ... kalmia latifolia. — Mountain Laurel, Spoon Wood, &c. ..."
5. Lectures on Materia Medica by Carroll Dunham (1879)
"The proving of kalmia was made by Dr. Hering, of Philadelphia, ... In introducing
his proving, Dr. Hering remarks: " kalmia may be a very ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"AN account of the poisoning of a Diana monkey in the National Zoological Park,
Washington, DC, through the eating of kalmia leaves; accompanied by a ..."
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