kalmia

See also: Kalmia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

kalmia (plural kalmias)

1. Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.
   • 1849, James Thomas Fields, “Children in Exile”, in Poems:

     Far in the dark old forest glades, / Where kalmias bloom around, / They had their place of youthful sport, / Their childhood's hunting-ground,— ...

   • 1918, John Muir, Steep Trails:

     Bryanthus, a beautiful flowering heathwort, flourishes a few hundred feet above the timberline, accompanied with kalmia and spiraea.

Anagrams

• Kalami, makila, kamila, Malika, Kamali, kalima