calla

cal·la

C0037700 (kăl′ə)n.1. A calla lily.2. A marsh plant (Calla palustris) of northern temperate regions, 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.]

calla

(ˈkælə) n1. (Plants) Also called: calla lily or arum lily any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix2. (Plants) an aroid plant, Calla palustris, that grows in wet places and has a white spathe enclosing a greenish spadix, and red berries[C19: from New Latin, probably from Greek kalleia wattles on a cock, probably from kallos beauty]

cal•la

(ˈkæl ə)

n., pl. -las. Also called cal′la lil`y. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, esp. Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike. [1800–10; < New Latin (Linnaeus), of uncertain orig.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calla - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadixarum lily, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopicaflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Zantedeschia, Zantedeschia - calla lilypink calla, Zantedeschia rehmanii - calla having a rose-colored spathegolden calla - any of several callas of the genus Zantedeschia having yellow spathes
	2.	Calla - water arumgenus Callaliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedAraceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendronCalla 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