"calla" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: callas [plural]
Rhymes: -ælə Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Water plants Translations (Calla palustris): calla [masculine] (French), calla des marais [masculine] (French), anguine [feminine] (French), sárkánygyökér (Hungarian), vehka (Ingrian), soovehka (Ingrian), czermień błotna [feminine] (Polish), cala [feminine] (Portuguese), белокры́льник (belokrýlʹnik) [feminine] (Russian), ка́лла (kálla) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-calla-en-noun-oVxM8uqn Disambiguation of Flowers: 65 35 Disambiguation of Water plants: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'Calla palustris': 84 16
  2. A calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-calla-en-noun-PtAbm86w Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75

Inflected forms

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