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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several southern African plants of the genus Zantedeschia, widely cultivated as ornamentals and cut flowers for their showy white, yellow, pink, or purple spathes.
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- noun A common name for certain flowering
plants in the genus Zantedeschia; not related to either the genusCalla or the truelilies (Liliaceae ) - noun A
flower of one of these plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
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