ˈkalmēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Peter Kalm died 1779 Swedish botanist + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of No. American evergreen shrubs (family Ericaceae) with oblong to linear leaves and showy flowers that are borne in clusters in the axils of leaves or bracts and have a saucer-shaped basally 10-saccate corolla with an anther resting in each sac — see mountain laurel , sheep laurel
2. -s : any plant of the genus Kalmia