Any of several evergreen North American shrubs and trees of the genus Kalmia (family Ericaceae); esp. the widely cultivated K. latifolia, which…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > kalmia or American laurel (10) mountain laurel1759 Any of several evergreen North American shrubs and trees of the genus Kalmia (family Ericaceae); esp. the widely cultivated K. latifolia, which… ivy-tree1760 A North American genus of evergreens, American Laurel, Kalmia. kalmia1765 An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Ericaceæ, native to North America, and bearing clusters of pink or white… lambkill1790 (a) Andromeda mariana (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888). (b) The sheep-laurel, Kalmia angustifolia. sheep-poison1790 (a) = sheep-laurel n.; (b) Lupinus densiflorus (Miller Plant-n. 1884). sheep-laurel1810 a North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, supposed to be very poisonous to sheep; cf. lambkill, n. calico-bush1814 the American mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). wicky1901 U.S. The sheep-laurel, Kalmia angustifolia, and an allied species, K. hirsuta. sheep-kill1968 = sheep-laurel n. Subcategories:— genus (1) |
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