Kalmia

See also: kalmia

Translingual

Kalmia latifolia

Etymology

New Latin, from Kalm +‎ -ia, after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm.

Proper noun

Kalmia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the mountain laurel and related trees.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Phyllodoceae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel, lambkill; Kalmia carolina - Carolina mountain laurel; Kalmia cuneata - whitewicky; Kalmia ericoides - Cuban kalmia; Kalmia hirsuta - hairy mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel, lambkill; Kalmia polifolia - bog kalmia, bog laurel; Kalmia microphylla - alpine bog laurel, alpine mountain laurel - selected species

Derived terms

Kalmiopsis

References

Kalmia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Kalmia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Kalmia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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