calico

Definition of Calico in English :

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Noun

1. calico

coarse cloth with a bright print

Adjective

2. calico

made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

Example Sentences:
'calico dresses'
'a calico cat'

3. calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Example Sentences:
'a jester dressed in motley'
'the painted desert'
'a particolored dress'
'a piebald horse'
'pied daisies'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Calico

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noun plural -coes or -cos

1.

a white or unbleached cotton fabric with no printed design

2. mainly US

a coarse printed cotton fabric

3. (modifier)

made of calico

Calico

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcaliˌcoes or ˈcaliˌcos

1. Archaic

a kind of cotton cloth from India

2.

a.

a printed cotton fabric

b. British

a heavy, white cotton cloth

3.

a cat with a mottled coat of black, brown, yellow or orange, etc.

: also calico cat

adjective

4.

of calico

5.

spotted like some calico cloth

Calico

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n. pl. cal·i·coes or cal·i·cos

1.

a. A tightly woven cotton cloth having a repeating, often floral design.

b. Chiefly British A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.

2. An animal, such as a cat, having a coat of white fur with distinct patches of different colors, usually reddish-orange and black.

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