Noun
- 1. calico, fabric, cloth, material, textile
- usage: coarse cloth with a bright print
Adjective
- 1. calico
- usage: made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
- 2. motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, colorful
- usage: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
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