CALICO as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • coarse cloth with a bright print
    Hypernyms(s) calico is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

CALICO as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a jester dressed in motley
    • the painted desert
    • a particolored dress
    • a piebald horse
    • pied daisies
    Similar To
  2. Meaning
    • made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
    Usage Example(s)
    • calico dresses
    • a calico cat
    Pertainym(s)