Definitions for callaˈkæl ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cal•laˈkæl ə(n.)(pl.)-las.

  1. Also called cal′la lil`y. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, esp. Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.

    Category: Plants

Origin of calla:

1800–10; < NL (Linnaeus), of uncert. orig.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica(noun)

    South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix

  2. Calla, genus Calla(noun)

    water arum

Wiktionary

  1. calla(Noun)

    A South African marsh plant, of the genus Calla, having pale green flowers in a white spathe

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calla(noun)

    a genus of plants, of the order Araceae


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