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caltha

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a genus of Caltha

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Caltha

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnoliid dicot genus

History

Etymology

From the genus name (Latin caltha).