kalmia
noun
kal·mia
ˈkalmēə
1
capitalized : a genus of North American evergreen shrubs (family Ericaceae) with oblong to linear leaves and showy flowers that are borne in clusters in the axils of leaves or bracts and have a saucer-shaped basally 10-saccate corolla with an anther resting in each sac see mountain laurel, sheep laurel
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Kalmia
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Peter Kalm †1779 Swedish botanist + New Latin -ia