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calico flower

American

noun

a Brazilian woody vine, Aristolochia elegans, of the birthwort family, having large, solitary, white-spotted, purple flowers.

Etymology

Origin of calico flower

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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The monumental blossom in O’Keeffe’s “White Calico Flower” of 1931 seems about to burst from its frame, while a wall of four of Hartley’s late landscapes, with their robust surfaces and poetic undercurrents, is one of the show’s high points.

From New York Times

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