: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family
especially
: a house or greenhouse plant (Z. aethiopica) with a white showy spathe and yellow spadix
called also calla
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Spaced sparsely throughout the bottom third of the painting, eleven calla lily plants with broad green leaves bloom with tapered white flowers.
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Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
There is optical marble flooring with carpeting and sofas in Gucci Rosso Ancora red, acid green and yellow; metal railings and shelves, and fresh calla lilies.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
Actor Natasha Lyonne, Olympian Aly Raisman, writer Sloane Crosley, and designer Athena Calderone were among the guests sitting at tables adorned by slim arrangements of ivory calla lilies and family-style French fries.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Our florist Lex Hamilton arranged gothic black calla lilies and plummy hydrangeas to festoon the fireplace, and piled up stainless steel coupes loaded with shiny cherries beside flickering pillar candles.
—Katherine Ormerod, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
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Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
There is optical marble flooring with carpeting and sofas in Gucci Rosso Ancora red, acid green and yellow; metal railings and shelves, and fresh calla lilies.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
Actor Natasha Lyonne, Olympian Aly Raisman, writer Sloane Crosley, and designer Athena Calderone were among the guests sitting at tables adorned by slim arrangements of ivory calla lilies and family-style French fries.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Our florist Lex Hamilton arranged gothic black calla lilies and plummy hydrangeas to festoon the fireplace, and piled up stainless steel coupes loaded with shiny cherries beside flickering pillar candles.
—Katherine Ormerod, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
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calla lily
noun
cal·la lily
ˈkal-ə- 
: a plant often grown for its large white bract surrounding a fleshy spike of small yellow flowers
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