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CALLA PALUSTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calla palustris mean? 

CALLA PALUSTRIS (noun)
  The noun CALLA PALUSTRIS has 1 sense:

1. plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berriesplay

  Familiarity information: CALLA PALUSTRIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLA PALUSTRIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calla palustris; water arum; wild calla

Hypernyms ("Calla palustris" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

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

Calla; genus Calla (water arum)


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