Usually means: Multicolored patterned fabric or cat.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word calico:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. calico: Merriam-Webster
  2. calico: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. calico: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. calico: Collins English Dictionary
  5. calico: Vocabulary.com
  6. Calico, calico: Wordnik
  7. calico: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. calico: Wiktionary
  9. calico: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. calico: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. calico: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Calico, calico: Dictionary.com
  13. calico: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. calico: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Calico (company), Calico (disambiguation), Calico (fabric), Calico (goldfish), Calico (textile), Calico: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Calico: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. calico: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. calico: Rhymezone
  19. Calico: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. calico: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CALICO: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. CALICO: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. calico: FreeDictionary.org
  24. calico: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  25. calico: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. calico: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. Calico: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  28. calico: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Calico: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. calico: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CALICO: Acronym Finder
  2. calico: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. calico, calico, calico, calico: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Calico: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Textile (No longer online)
  4. Dictionary of Corset-related Words and Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See calicoes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
noun:  (uncountable, botany) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
adjective:  Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
adjective:  Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.
noun:  (countable) Ellipsis of calico cat. [(US) A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat.]

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