Etymology

kalmia

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Today it means: Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia. Full definition →

translingual Kalmia
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromKalmia
  2. English todaykalmia

Borrowed from translingual Kalmia, from Swedish Kalm + translingual -ia, equivalent to Kalm + -ia.

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