About The Word Calla
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Calla
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What's The Definition Of Calla?
[n] water arum
[n] South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix Synonyms | Synonyms for Calla: arum lily | calla lily | genus Calla | Zantedeschia aethiopica Related Terms | Find terms related to Calla: See Also | Araceae | arum family | Calla palustris | family Araceae | flower | genus Zantedeschia | golden calla | liliopsid genus | monocot genus | pink calla | water arum | wild calla | Zantedeschia | Zantedeschia rehmanii Calla In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"la\, n. [Linn[ae]us derived Calla fr. Gr. ??????? a
cock's wattes but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown
plant, and Gr. ????? beautiful.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, of the order {Arace[ae]}.
Note: The common {Calla} of cultivation is {Richardia
Africana}, belonging to another genus of the same
order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a
fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous
flowers.
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