CALLA

Cal″la (kăl″lȧ), n. [[Linnæus derived Calla fr. Gr. ������� a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. καλόσ beautiful.]] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ. ☞ The common Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers.