Kalmia

See also: kalmia

Translingual

Kalmia latifolia

Etymology

New Latin, from Kalm +‎ -ia, after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm.

Proper noun

Kalmia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the mountain laurel and related trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Phyllodoceae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel, lambkill; Kalmia carolina - Carolina mountain laurel; Kalmia cuneata - whitewicky; Kalmia ericoides - Cuban kalmia; Kalmia hirsuta - hairy mountain laurel; Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel, lambkill; Kalmia polifolia - bog kalmia, bog laurel; Kalmia microphylla - alpine bog laurel, alpine mountain laurel - selected species

Derived terms

• Kalmiopsis

References

• Kalmia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kalmia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Kalmia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons