calla

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
noun water arum

Tú, que de nada sirves, calla el pico. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
¡Calla, calla, que tú eres su cómplice y has de pagar con él! — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
I had a large brown flower-pot once that originally held the germ of a calla lily. — Remarks, Bill Nye

calla lily, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica

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