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ZANTEDESCHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zantedeschia mean?
• ZANTEDESCHIA (noun)
The noun ZANTEDESCHIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ZANTEDESCHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calla lily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Zantedeschia; Zantedeschia
Hypernyms ("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 "Zantedeschia"):
arum lily; calla; calla lily; Zantedeschia aethiopica (South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix)
Holonyms ("Zantedeschia" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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