mountain laurel

English

Noun

mountain laurel (plural mountain laurels)

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

Further reading

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

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