Thesaurus: calico

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1. n. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
2. n. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
3. a. 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.
4. adj. made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
5. adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
6. n. coarse cloth with a bright print
7. n:100 n. coarse cloth with a bright print a. made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned