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GENUS CALLA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water arum

Synonyms:

Calla; genus Calla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Calla" 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 Calla"):

Calla palustris; water arum; wild calla (plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries)

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

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

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