GENUS ZANTEDESCHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Zantedeschia mean? 

• GENUS ZANTEDESCHIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ZANTEDESCHIA has 1 sense:

1. calla lily

  Familiarity information: GENUS ZANTEDESCHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ZANTEDESCHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Calla lily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zantedeschia; Zantedeschia

Hypernyms ("genus Zantedeschia" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Zantedeschia"):

arum lily; calla; calla lily; Zantedeschia aethiopica (South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix)

Holonyms ("genus Zantedeschia" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)