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Meaning of 'calico' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Calico [ a.]
- Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.
2 . Calico [ n.]
- Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
- Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

Meaning of 'calico' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . calico [ a]
Meaning (1):
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
Example in sentence:
  • a calico cat;
  • calico dresses
2 . calico [ s]
Meaning (2):
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Example in sentence:
  • a jester dressed in motley;
  • a particolored dress;
  • a piebald horse;
  • pied daisies;
  • the painted desert

Nearby Words:

cal calabar calabarine calabash calaboose calade caladium calaite calamanco calamander wood

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