CALLA LILY


Meaning of CALLA LILY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-lə- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, modification of Greek kallaia rooster's wattles

Date: 1868

: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia ) of the arum family ; especially : a house or greenhouse plant ( Z. aethiopica ) with a white showy spathe and yellow spadix — called also calla

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