kalmia

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noun

Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.

Origintranslingual Kalmia →
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Meanings

nounkalmia (plural kalmias)

plural kalmias

  1. Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.

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

    1918, John Muir, Steep Trails
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    Far in the dark old forest glades, / Where kalmias bloom around, / They had their place of youthful sport, / Their childhood's hunting-ground,— ...

    1849, James Thomas Fields, “Children in Exile”, in Poems

Origin

  1. translingualKalmia
  2. Englishkalmia

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MalikaKamalikalimaKalamimakilakaimal
Cite this entry
APA

kalmia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalmia

MLA

“kalmia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalmia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kalmia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalmia.

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