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Meaning of "lambkill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAMBKILL

lambkill  [ˈlæmˌkɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAMBKILL

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Lambkill is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LAMBKILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lambkill

Kalmia

Kalmia is a genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2–5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae. They are native to North America and Cuba. They grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats and dry, sandy soils. Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century. Earlier Mark Catesby saw it during his travels in Carolina, and after his return to England in 1726, imported seeds. He described it, a costly rarity, in his Natural History of Carolina, as Chamaedaphne foliis tini, that is to say "with leaves like the Laurustinus"; the botanist and plant-collector John Collinson, who had begged some of the shrub from his correspondent John Custis in Virginia, wrote, when his plants flowered, that "I Really Think it exceeds the Laurus Tinus." The leaves are 2–12 cm long, simple lanceolate, and arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are white, pink or purple, in corymbs of 10-50, reminiscent of Rhododendron flowers but flatter, with a star-like calyx of five conjoined petals; each flower is 1–3 cm diameter.

Definition of lambkill in the English dictionary

The definition of lambkill in the dictionary is a name given to the N American dwarf shrub of the heather family with small reddish pink flowers. It is poisonous to young sheep.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAMBKILL


alkyl
ˈælkɪl
buzzkill
ˈbʌzˌkɪl
deskill
diːˈskɪl
fishkill
ˈfɪʃˌkɪl
Gaitskell
ˈɡeɪtskɪl
kill
kɪl
multiskill
ˈmʌltɪˌskɪl
orchil
ˈɔːkɪl
outkill
ˌaʊtˈkɪl
overkill
ˈəʊvəˌkɪl
reskill
riːˈskɪl
roadkill
ˈrəʊdˌkɪl
shoot-to-kill
ˌʃuːttəˈkɪl
skill
skɪl
subskill
ˈsʌbˌskɪl
underkill
ˈʌndəˌkɪl
upskill
ˈʌpˌskɪl
winterkill
ˈwɪntəˌkɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAMBKILL

lambent
lambently
lamber
lambert
Lambeth
Lambeth Conference
Lambeth Quadrilateral
Lambeth walk
Lambic
lambie
lambing
lambitive
lambkin
lamblike
lambling
lamboys
lambrequin
Lambrusco
lambskin
lamby

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAMBKILL

back and fill
bill
dressed to kill
fill
fit the bill
free-will
grill
hill
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in at the kill
mill
over the hill
run of the mill
run-of-the-mill
still
till
top kill
what you will
will
with a will

Synonyms and antonyms of lambkill in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lambkill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAMBKILL

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The translations of lambkill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lambkill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lambkill
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lambkill
570 millions of speakers

English

lambkill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lambkill
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

lambkill
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lambkill
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lambkill
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lambkill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kalmia à feuilles étroites
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lambkill
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lambkill
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lambkill
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lambkill
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lambkill
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lambkill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lambkill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोमट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lambkill
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lambkill
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lambkill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lambkill
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lambkill
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

lambkill
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

lambkill
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

lambkill
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

lambkill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lambkill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBKILL»

The term «lambkill» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBKILL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lambkill

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAMBKILL»

Discover the use of lambkill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lambkill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition
Foster and Duke may stir up some other unusual lady slipper diggers looking for relief from "mental depression from sexual abuse." "Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages" (PH2). LAMBKILL (Kalmia angustifolia  ...
James A. Duke, 2002
2
Cape Cod Wildflowers: A Vanishing Heritage
Lambkill; Sheep Laurel Kalmia angustifolia L. A common, medium-sized shrub with thin evergreen leaves, lambkill grows in a variety of habitats, from coastal plain bogs to windswept mountain-tops. While most plants show an affinity for either ...
Mario J. DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner, 2003
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People of the Sea
across the damp grass, waiting for an opening to use it on Lambkill. When he saw her, he went wild. He shrieked and twisted, throwing Tannin first one way, then the other, until he could bring up his knee and bash Tannin in the groin ...
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear, 2009
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting - Agricultural Pesticide ...
The higher rates of the amine formulations of 2,4-D killed blueberry plants readily but rates as high as 24 pounds of active ingredient of amine 2,4-D failed to control lambkill. It appears that careful study will be needed to determine the safe  ...
Agricultural Pesticide Technical Society, 1964
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Bulletin - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Formulation of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and Lambkill Control Although exceptions can be noted, lambkill has been more effectively controlled by low volatile ester formulations of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T than by amine formulations, tables 4 and 9.
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 1957
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Bulletin
Formulation of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and Lambkill Control Although exceptions can be noted, lambkill has been more effectively controlled by low volatile ester formulations of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T than by amine formulations, tables 4 and 9.
‎1961
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Information Report
had probably been subjected to compaction. More marked was the relationship between lambkill cover and residual tree cover, slash cover, and other vegetation . Lambkill did not increase under tree cover but increased slightly under slash ...
‎1976
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Soil survey
shrubs are sumac, low juniper, sweetfern, dewberry, blackberry, wild- indigo, and lambkill or sheep laurel. The most common grasses in the county are broomsedge, Rhode Island (Colonial) bentgrass, sheep fescue, hair fescue (fine- leaved ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1943
9
A vanishing heritage: wildflowers of Cape Cod
Lambkill; Sheep Laurel Kalmia angustifolia L. A common, medium-sized shrub with thin evergreen leaves, lambkill grows in a variety of habitats, from coastal plain bogs to windswept mountain-tops. While most plants show an affinity for either ...
Mario DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner, 1989
10
The National Geographic Magazine
The lambkill is a shrub of lesser proportions than the common kalmia. or mountain laurel (whose biography appears on page 48« of the June. 1917, number of The Geographic), and its flowers are similar but smaller and of a crimson pink.
‎1922

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAMBKILL»

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Go off the beaten path to find shrubs and vines
You might also see there sheep-laurel or lambkill, a small shrub in damp woods that bears pink, showy flowers in June and July. In places ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
2
Terra Nova National Park hike is the place for 'incredible edibles'
One is Labrador Tea; the other is Lambkill or Goowidy. "Just going to pick a couple of leaves here. All of these plants at first glance looks a lot ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
3
Resting on One's Laurels
It is also known as lambkill and sheepkill. Both this and Mountain Laurel are reputed to be toxic to animals – sheep and deer. That may be, but ... «Steuben Courier, Jun 15»
4
NATURALLY: Native species grow on gardeners
These would include bearberry, broom crowberry, lambkill, huckleberry and mayflower in drier habitats; rhodora, Labrador tea, leatherleaf, ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jun 14»
5
Purple-rose blooms inspire poets, grace woodlands
Huckleberry, blueberry and lambkill are common associated shrubs toward the dry end of rhodora's spectrum and Labrador tea, leatherleaf, ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, May 13»
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Maddox Cove to St. John's
The year's first flowers were in bloom as well: the dark pink flowers of lambkill with their large droopy petals and long stamens; the little ... «The Independent News, Jan 13»
7
“Walking” by Henry David Thoreau
Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there—the high blueberry, panicled andromeda, lambkill, azalea, ... «National Geographic, Nov 11»

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