calla

cal·la  (kl)

n.

1. A calla lily.

2. A marsh plant (Calla palustris) of the North Temperate Zone, having small, densely clustered, greenish flowers partly enclosed in a spreading white spathe. Also called water arum.

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[New Latin Calla, genus name, from Greek kallaia, wattle of a cock, perhaps from kallos, beauty.]

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calla [ˈkælə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called calla lily arum lily any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an aroid plant, Calla palustris, that grows in wet places and has a white spathe enclosing a greenish spadix, and red berries

[from New Latin, probably from Greek kalleia wattles on a cock, probably from kallos beauty]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calla - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix arum lily, 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
	2.	Calla - water arum genus Calla liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Araceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron Calla palustris, water arum, wild calla - plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries