Kalmia
See also: kalmia
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Kalm + -ia, after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm.
Proper noun
editKalmia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the mountain laurel and related trees.
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- (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
editReferences
edit- Kalmia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kalmia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Kalmia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons