Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
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: {genus Calla}]