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Definition of Kalmias

Kalmia
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.

Meaning of Kalmias from wikipedia

- Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a flowering plant and one of the 10 species in the genus of Kalmia belonging to the...
- Given its toxicity, this may be folklore rather than scientific fact. Kalmias are po****r garden shrubs, grown for their decorative flowers. They should...
- Kalmia is a genus of evergreen shrubs. It may also refer to some locations in the United States: Kalmia, Maryland Kalmia, South Carolina, now named Langley...
- Kalmia angustifolia is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario...
- Distribution of Kalmia microphylla ranges from Alaska to California and now has expanded through much of northern Canada. The kalmias are very poisonous...
- USS Kalmia may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Kalmia (1863), was a **** steamer built as Innes 1863 and purchased by the...
- Kalmia Gardens (30 acres) is a mature botanical garden located at 1624 West Carolina Avenue, Hartsville, South Carolina. Part of Coker University, it is...
- Kalmia is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The Husband Flint Mill Site was listed on the National Register of Historic...
- family Asparagaceae Azores laurel, Laurus azorica Bog laurel: Kalmia microphylla Kalmia polifolia California laurel, Umbellularia californica Camphor...
- Kalmia buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae known by the common name sandmyrtle, or sand-myrtle. It is native to the mid-Atlantic...