Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kalmia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kalmia \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

kalmia
n : any plant of the genus Kalmia


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