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Calla
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calla çalla callá callà
Translingual
thumb|Calla palustris
Etymology
From mul la calla, applied to the genus as early as 1737 by Carl Linnaeus, from a single mention in Natural History (Pliny) Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia that some scholars read as la calsa, but most read as la calyx.
Proper noun
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genus family Araceae the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere
Hypernyms
genus ; Calloideae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Calla palustris species - sole species
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CALLA
mul Arum family plants