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kalmia Bot.|ˈkælmɪə|
Also calmia.
[mod.L. (Linnæus Nova Plantarum Genera (1751) no. 1079), f. the name of Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Swedish botanist + -ia1.]
An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Ericaceæ, native to North America, and bearing clusters of pink or white flowers; also called mountain laurel or calico-bush.
1765J. Bartram Diary 6 Sept. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1942) XXXIII. 24/1 Here grows most northward trees here [sic] except..white pine & our 3 calmias. 1776J. Lee Bot. Table i. 282 Kalmia, dwarf American laurel. 1784A. Seward Lett. (1811) I. 15 Dr. Darwin..asked if I had seen the Calmia. 1785H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 72 Narrow leaved Kalmia..delights in moist or swampy places. 1838Boston Weekly Mag. 22 Sept. 17/2 The Rhodora is followed in succession by the Honeysuckles, the Kalmias or Laurels, the Azalea. 1841Bryant Poems, Earth's Children Cling to Earth, Yon wreath of mist that leaves the vale..Clings to the fragrant Kalmia. 1878R. T. Cooke Happy Dodd 347 With..glittering clusters of Kalmia leaves..she adorned all the rooms. 1900L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. II. 854/1 The Kalmias thrive well in a sandy, peaty or loamy soil. 1955Sci. News Let. 21 May 334/2 Kalmia, or mountain laurel, is a most attractive plant at any time, for its dark shining leaves are evergreen... Its clusters of closed starflowers, pink..are things for poets to write sonnets about. |