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calico bush

noun

  1. mountain laurel.

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

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Mountain or American Laurel; Calico Bush; Spoonwood; Calmoun; Broad-leaved Kalmia Kalmia latifolia Flowers—Buds and new flowers bright rose pink, afterward fading white, and only lined with pink, 1 in. across or less, numerous, in terminal clusters.

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