calla

名词 calla:

1. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
   同义词：calla lily, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
2. water arum
   同义词：genus Calla

1. Did you ever hear Maria Callas sing?
   你听过玛丽亚卡莱斯唱歌吗？

cal.la

n.（名词）
A calla lily.
马蹄莲
A marsh plant(Calla palustris) of the North Temperate zone, having small, densely clustered, greenish flowers partly enclosed in a spreading white spathe. Also called In this sense, also called water arum
水芋：生于北温带的一种沼泽植物（水芋 水芋属） ，长有小的、紧簇的、部分包在伸展的白色花苞内的浅绿色花朵 也作 在此意义上也可称作 water arum

来源：
New Latin Calla [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Calla [属名]
from Greek kallaia [wattle of a cock]
源自 希腊语 kallaia [鸡尾]
perhaps from kallos [beauty]
可能源自 kallos [美丽]