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calico bush

calico bush

noun

  1. another name for mountain laurel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of calico bush1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences

Calico bush is one of its names, and is supposed to be descriptive of the flowers.

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