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

noun. A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.

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

noun. Properly, any white cotton cloth: as, unbleached calico, shirting-calico, etc. Calico was first manufactured in India, whence it was introduced into Europe.

noun. In the United States, printed cotton cloth of a coarser quality than muslin.

Made of calico: as, a calico gown.

Resembling printed cotton or calico; spotted; piebald: as, a calico horse.

noun. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use

noun. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

noun. an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead.

noun. the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.

adjective. 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. Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

noun. A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.

noun. coarse cloth with a bright print

adjective. made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

adjective. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

"She robbed the windows of their lawn and muslin curtains, replacing them with gaudy calico from the trade-store, and made herself several gowns."

colored  colorful  coloured  

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brocade  cambric  flannel  gingham  khaki  

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