Indian calico

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• Calico (textile) — Calico is a plain woven textile. In the United Kingdom, calico refers to fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or… …   Wikipedia

• calico — 1530s, kalyko, corruption of Calicut (modern Kozhikode), seaport on Malabar coast of India, where Europeans first obtained it. In 16c. it was second only to Goa among Indian commercial ports for European trade. Extended to animal colorings… …   Etymology dictionary

• Calico Captive — infobox Book | name = Calico Captive title orig = translator = image caption = author = Elizabeth George Speare illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Children s, Historical novel publisher =… …   Wikipedia

• Calico Mills — The Calico Mills is one of Ahmedabad’s earliest textile mills established in 1880.For half a century, under the stewardship of Ambalal Sarabhai, the Calico Mills became one of the most modern and extensively diversified pacesetters of the Indian… …   Wikipedia

• calico — /kal i koh /, n., pl. calicoes, calicos, adj. n. 1. a plain woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side. 2. Brit. plain white cotton cloth. 3. an animal having a spotted or particolored coat. 4. Obs. a figured cotton… …   Universalium

• Calico Museum of Textiles — The Calico Museum of Textiles is located in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in western India.The museum is managed by the Sarabhai Foundation and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Ahmedabad.HistoryThe museum was… …   Wikipedia

• calico bush — Laurel Lau rel, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({Laurus nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• calico corn — noun Etymology: calico (II) : Indian corn having red, yellow, and brownish red striping and mottling of the kernels …   Useful english dictionary

• List of Indian inventions — [ thumb|200px|right|A hand propelled wheel cart, Indus Valley Civilization (3000–1500 BCE). Housed at the National Museum, New Delhi.] [ 200px|thumb|Explanation of the sine rule in Yuktibhasa .] List of Indian inventions details significant… …   Wikipedia

• Atlantic calico scallop — Taxobox name = Atlantic calico scallop image width = 250px image caption = Atlantic callico scallop Argopecten gibbus regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Ostreoida familia = Pectinidae genus = Argopectin species = A.… …   Wikipedia

• West Indian laurel — Laurel Lau rel, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({Laurus nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English