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calicos

calicos is the plural of calico.

Meaning of calico

Noun

calico (countable and uncountable, plural calicos or calicoes)

  1. A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
    • This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner.1832, Michael Faraday, “Experimental Researches in Electricity”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 122, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 126
  2. (uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

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Questions about calicos

What is calicos the plural of?
Calicos is the plural of calico.

Words near calicos in the dictionary

  1. calicodermis
  2. calicoed
  3. calicoes
  4. calicoflower
  5. calicophoran
  6. calicos
  7. calicular
  8. caliculate
  9. caliculato-ramose
  10. caliculi
  11. caliculus

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