Found 2 items, similar to Calla.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: calla
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:
genus Calla]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Calla
Calla
\Cal"la\ (k[a^]l"l[.a]), n. [Linn[ae]us derived Calla fr.
Gr. ??????? a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of
an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, of the order
Arace[ae].
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]