Associations to the word «Callas»

Wiktionary

CALLA, noun. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
CALLA, noun. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
CALLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae   — the calla, native to the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
CALLA LILY, noun. A common name for certain flowering plants in the genus Zantedeschia; not related to either the genus Calla or the true lilies (Liliaceae)
CALLA LILY, noun. A flower of one of these plants.

Dictionary definition

CALLA, noun. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
CALLA, noun. Water arum.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats