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