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calla

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ælə
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

water arum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Calla

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: monocot genus, liliopsid genus

4

noun

Meaning 4

South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calla lily, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

Narrower terms: pink calla, Zantedeschia rehmanii, golden calla

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: calla — Calla palustris
  • French: calla des marais — Calla palustris
  • French: anguine — Calla palustris
  • Hungarian: sárkánygyökér — Calla palustris
  • Ingrian: vehka — Calla palustris
  • Ingrian: soovehka — Calla palustris
  • Polish: czermień błotna — Calla palustris
  • Portuguese: cala — Calla palustris
  • Russian: белокры́льник (belokrýlʹnik) — Calla palustris
  • Russian: ка́лла (kálla) — Calla palustris