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CALICO
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Irregular inflected form: calicoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse cloth with a bright print
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("calico" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
calico (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Example:
pied daisies
Synonyms:
calico; motley; multi-color; multi-colored; multi-colour; multi-coloured; multicolor; multicolored; multicolour; multicoloured; painted; particolored; particoloured; piebald; pied; varicolored; varicoloured
Classified under:
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Derivation:
calico (coarse cloth with a bright print)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
Example:
a calico cat
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
calico (coarse cloth with a bright print)
