cal·la (k l  )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. [New Latin Calla, genus name, from Greek kallaia, wattle of a cock, perhaps from kallos, beauty.] |
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]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  calla - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadixflower - 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 liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed 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 |
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