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arum lily
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arum lily
n. Chiefly British
The calla lily.
arum lily
Noun
a plant with a white funnel-shaped leaf surrounding a yellow spike of flowers
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Noun1.arum lilyarum lily - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
calla, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Zantedeschia, Zantedeschia - calla lily
pink calla, Zantedeschia rehmanii - calla having a rose-colored spathe
golden calla - any of several callas of the genus Zantedeschia having yellow spathes


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