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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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