calico

Meaning

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.

multicolor

multi-color

multi-colour

cotton print

printed cotton

cotton fabric

plain cotton cloth

canequim

grizzled

unbleached muslin

canvass

black and white

pepper-and-salt

plain cloth

canvas

polychromatic

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkælɪkəʊ/

From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”), with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.

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