kalmia

kalmia
Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.

Far in the dark old forest glades, / Where kalmias bloom around, / They had their place of youthful sport, / Their childhoods hunting-ground,— ...


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  • kalmia — ● kalmia nom masculin (de Per Kalm, nom propre) Bel arbuste (éricacée) rustique toujours vert d Amérique du Nord, aux fleurs roses, pourpres ou blanches et au fruit vénéneux. kalmie [kalmi] ou kalmia [kalmja] n. f. ÉTYM. 1777, Encyclopédie, Suppl …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • kalmia — ☆ kalmia [kal′mē ə ] n. [ModL, after P. Kalm (1715 1779), Swed botanist] any of a genus (Kalmia) of North American evergreen shrubs of the heath family, as the mountain laurel, with flowers of white or rose …   English World dictionary

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kalmĭa — (K. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Ericaceae Rhododendreae, 10. Kl. 1. Ordn. L.; Arten: K, angustifelia, K. cuneata, K. glauca, K. hirsuta, K. rosmarinifolia, nordamerikanische Ziersträucher; K. latifolia, auch in Nordamerika, Blätter,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Kalmĭa — L., Gattung der Erikazeen, kleine, glatte oder rauhbehaarte, niedrige, immergrüne Sträucher mit lanzettförmigen Blättern, napfförmigen, meist roten Blüten, die einzeln oder in traubig doldenförmigen Blütenständen achselständig oder an der Spitze… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Kalmia — Kalmĭa L., Pflanzengattg. der Erikazeen, kleine immergrüne Sträucher Nordamerikas. K. angustifolĭa L., glauca Ait., latifolĭa L. bei uns Ziersträucher …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Kalmia — Kalmia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kalmia — Taxobox name = Kalmia image caption = Kalmia angustifolia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Kalmia genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text …   Wikipedia

  • Kalmia —   Kalmia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Kalmia — Lorbeerrosen Schmalblättrige Lorbeerrose (Kalmia angustifolia) Systematik Unterklasse: Asternähnliche (Asteridae) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • kalmia — /kal mee euh/, n. any North American evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Kalmia, of the heath family, having showy flowers, as the mountain laurel. [ < NL (Linnaeus), after Peter Kalm (1715 79), Swedish botanist; see IA] * * * ▪ evergreen… …   Universalium

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