what does calico mean?
CALICO as NOUN
- 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
- 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
- Meaning
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
Usage Example(s)
- calico dresses
- a calico cat
Pertainym(s)
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