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Webster 1913 Edition


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

See also: calla, callá, and callà

Translingual

Calla palustris

Proper noun

Calla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

calla

calla

See also: Calla, callá, and callà

English

Calla palustris

Noun

calla (plural callas)

  1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
  2. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica

Translations


Catalan

Verb

calla

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of callar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of callar

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

  1. Obsolete spelling of callah

Latin

Noun

calla

  1. nominative plural of callum
  2. accusative plural of callum
  3. vocative plural of callum

References


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

  1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of callar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of callar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of callar.