calla lily | (n) South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix, Syn. calla, Zantedeschia aethiopica, arum lily |
snailflower | (n) perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus, Syn. snail flower, snail bean, Vigna caracalla, corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower |
wild calla | (n) plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries, Syn. Calla palustris, water arum |