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  1.  A genus of floating marsh plants (N.O. Orontiaceæ), natives of Northern Europe and North America.

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1866.  in Treas. Bot., 194.

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  2.  A name erroneously given to the White Arum, Ethiopian or Trumpet Lily, Richardia æthiopica (N.O. Araceæ), a native of the Cape of Good Hope, Well known as a drawing-room ornament.

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1870.  H. Macmillan, Bible Teachings, vii. 143. The beautiful calla or Ethiopian lily.

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1883.  Harper’s Mag., March, 606/2. Lilies, callas, and other water-plants.

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1884.  E. P. Roe, ibid. Feb., 444/1. The plants are semi-aquatic, like this calla-lily.

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  Calla-: see CALA-.

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