arum lily

n. Chiefly British

The calla lily.

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Noun

arum 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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In place of the grim ranks of serried warriors were company after company of Kukuana girls, not over-dressed, so far as clothing went, but each crowned with a wreath of flowers, and holding a palm leaf in one hand and a white arum lily in the other.

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For drama, you can't beat the white arum lily, Zantedeschia.

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For drama you can't beat the white arum lily, Zantedeschia.

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These gorgeous tuberous perennials - known commonly as calla or arum lily - will merrily flower throughout the summer.

ATOZ; Lily loves sun and the shade

The arum lily of South Africa, for example: From its spathe, a spike-like inflorescence of many small flowers rising up from what looks like an upended purple skirt, wafts the smell of rotting flesh.

What's behind all those different floral scents

Easy Fill patio pots with exotic summer-flowering bulbs such as Canna Tropicana, which has dramatic orange and bronze striped foliage and orange orchid-like blooms, Eucomis, which has flowers that resemble a pineapple, and the Arum Lily Crowborough, which is more or less hardy and can also be grown as a marginal plant in ponds.

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This magnificence is more readily known as the calla lily or arum lily. Its swirling spathes are reminiscent of a white silken gown.

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"It took a team an entire day just to lay the table, even to the napkins being folded in arum lily style.

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Another more unusual bulb is the coloured Arum lily, which has the terrible name of zantedeschia.

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A half barrel is big enough to accomodate large plants like the white arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) and yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus).

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