English to English
calico
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adjective (a)
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned(adj.pert)Example:
Calico dresses.
A calico cat.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- coarse cloth with a bright print(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly(adj.all)Synonym:
motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, vasource: wordnet30
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