calico

Meanings

1. A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
2. Ellipsis of calico cat.
3. The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

1. Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
2. Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.

Etymology

Etymology tree Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)bor. Portuguese Calicutbor. English Calicut English calico From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).

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