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Calla
Cal′la
(kăl′lȧ)
, Noun.
[Linnæus derived
Calla
fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a cock’s wattles but cf. L. calla
, calsa
, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. καλόσ
beautiful.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, of the order
Araceæ
. ☞ The common
Calla
of cultivation is Richardia Africana
, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers. Definition 2024
Calla
Calla
Translingual
Calla palustris
Proper noun
Calla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Calloideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Calla palustris - sole species
calla
calla
English
Calla palustris
Noun
calla (plural callas)
- A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
- The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
Translations
Calla palustris
Catalan
Verb
calla
- third-person singular present indicative form of callar
- second-person singular imperative form of callar
Latin
Noun
calla
References
- calla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CALLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “calla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.