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golden calla

golden calla

7.7
A plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
  • noun
  • /ˈɡoʊldən ˈkælə/
translation icon : calla dorada
  • She planted several golden callas along the edge of the pond.

Examples

  • The golden calla brightened the room with its vivid yellow spathes.

  • The golden calla blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • Gardeners often choose golden calla for their stunning appearance in floral arrangements.

  • I love the vibrant color of the golden calla.

  • Gardeners often choose golden calla for their stunning appearance in floral arrangements.

  • The golden calla brightened the room with its vivid yellow spathes.

  • I love the vibrant color of the golden calla.

Synonyms

calla lily
vsgolden calla
  • South African
4 5.3

A tall plant with a large white flower that people grow for gardens and weddings

refers to varieties with yellow spathes rather than white ones
genus Zantedeschia
vsgolden calla
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants from southern Africa with large trumpet-shaped flowers like calla lilies

is narrower naming cultivated varieties especially those with yellow spathes

Surface Forms

golden calla singular
golden callas plural

Morphology

golden + Calla

The phrase denotes a Calla (a kind of plant) that is gold-colored; its meaning is directly composed from 'golden' (gold-colored) + 'Calla' (a type of plant). Color-adjective + noun is a transparent, cross-linguistic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun golden calla is the name for a calla plant with a bright yellow 'flower'. People used golden to show the color and calla for the plant, so the name simply means 'a yellow calla lily'.