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WILD CALLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild calla mean?
• WILD CALLA (noun)
The noun WILD CALLA has 1 sense:
1. plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
Familiarity information: WILD CALLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calla palustris; water arum; wild calla
Hypernyms ("wild calla" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("wild calla" is a member of...):
Calla; genus Calla (water arum)
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