noun
definition
Any plant in the taxonomic genus Kalmia.
Examples of kalmia in a Sentence
Many flowering and fruit-bearing shrubs of the heath family add to the beauty of the mountainous districts, rhododendron and kalmia often forming impenetrable thickets.
The Myrtle-leaved Kalmia (K. myrtifolia) seems to be only a variety of K. latifolia, with smaller Myrtle-like foliage.
The other species of Kalmia, though very beautiful, are of less value, because they are smaller, more delicate, and less showy, but in peat-soil gardens they should be grown.
Chamacistus, which has tiny leaves, and in early summer exquisite purple flowers, of the same size as those of Kalmia latifolia.