Kalmia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kalmia \Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
     Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
     A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
     foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain
     laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kalmia
       n : any plant of the genus Kalmia