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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calla \Cal"la\, n. [Linn[ae]us derived Calla fr Gr ??????? a cock's wattes but cf L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr ????? beautiful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order {Arace[ae]}. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calla n 1: South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix [syn: {calla lily}, {arum lily}, {Zantedeschia aethiopica}] 2: water arum [syn: {Calla}, {genus Calla}]
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