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Calla

Calla Meaning & Definition
Calla Definition And Meaning

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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