mountain laurel

English

Noun

mountain laurel (plural mountain laurels)

1. A flowering evergreen shrub, Kalmia latifolia, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic, the state tree of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

Synonyms

• (Kalmia latifolia): calico bush, clamoun, ivybush, lambkill, sheep laurel, spoonwood

Translations

Kalmia latifolia

• Finnish: leveälehtikalmia
• Russian: ка́льмия широколи́стная f (kálʹmija širokolístnaja)

Further reading

• Kalmia latifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kalmia latifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Kalmia latifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• mountain laurel at USDA Plants database