EGAVE

calico

About 0.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
  2. noun Ellipsis of calico cat.
  3. noun Ellipsis of calico grouper.
  4. noun A goldfish having metallic transparent scales.
  5. noun Any butterfly of the genus Hamadryas.
  6. noun The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
  7. noun A phlox of genus Loeseliastrum.
  8. adjective Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
    The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.

Similar words

blk black callico calimanco percaline percalles croydon callipatty cottonoid cantoon

Often followed by

printing and dress printers or cat dresses for shirt

Word family

calicoes calicos

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