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Define the word Kalmia

"Kalmia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Kalmia \Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
   Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
   A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
   foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

"kalmia" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

kalmia
     n : any plant of the genus Kalmia