calla
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkæl.ə/
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cala
- The calla lilies in the four-foot vase were the last funereal touch.
- calla lily
Examples
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The birch tree or the yellow calla lily.
Fiction book (1998) -
Look, Vance, the calla lilies are in bloom again.
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In her favorite picture of herself, she is 18 years old, in a field, smiling and holding a bunch of white calla lilies.
Academic text (2009) -
With white calla lilies and flower girls in tulle dresses.
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Great vases of white calla lilies stood on the white marble mantels and on tables around the rooms.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lindsay dragged her back through the room, past a grand piano crowned by a vase of calla lilies.
Fiction book (1993) -
The pool sparkles turquoise, and the baskets of calla lilies float lazily around the tiled steps at the shallow end.
Fiction book (1995) -
The swimming pool will be decorated with specially made floating baskets of calla lilies and votive candles, to be lit at sundown.
Fiction book (1995) -
The front bed features calla lilies, white and pink, that just finished blooming.
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Look, Vance, the calla lilies are in bloom again.
Synonyms
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5.3
A tall plant with a large white flower that people grow for gardens and weddings
A garden plant with a large white flower often used in bouquets
A plant with large arrow-shaped leaves and a showy white trumpet-shaped flower often called calla lily
A lily with a pink flower grown for decoration in gardens
A garden plant with dark purple, trumpet-shaped flowers
A plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
A plant that grows in marshes with a white hooded flower and small red berries
A plant that grows in wet places with a white leaf-like flower covering and red berries
Compounds
- South African
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5.3
A tall plant with a large white flower that people grow for gardens and weddings
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places with a white leaf-like flower covering and red berries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calla comes from the Greek root kallos, meaning 'beauty'. So the plant was named for its 'beautiful' white, funnel-shaped flower and is often called a 'calla lily'.