Kāl'mī-ā, n.

n. [Fr. kal mie; so called by Linnæus, in honor of Peter Kalm, who lived from 1715 to 1779.] [Bot.] An evergreen shrub, native to North America, having coriaceous leaves, and corymbs of showy flowers; — sometimes called laurel, ivy-bush, and also calico-bush, &c.