Calla, Callā: 3 definitions
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Calla means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Calla in English is the name of a plant defined with Calla palustris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Provenzalia heterophyla Raf. (among others).
2) Calla is also identified with Zantedeschia aethiopica It has the synonym Calla moschata Moench, nom. illeg. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botaniceskjij Žurnal SSSR (1985)
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Can. Vet. J. (2006)
· Botaniska Notiser (1975)
· Scripta Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Purkynianae Brunensis (1989)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Calla, for example health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCalla (ಚಲ್ಲ):—[adjective] not properly serious or sensible; silly and light-minded; joking, trifling; frivolous.
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Calla (ಚಲ್ಲ):—
1) [noun] a making merry, laughing, and having fun; conviviality; merrymaking.
2) [noun] the act or sound of laughing; laugh or laughing.
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Calla (ಚಲ್ಲ):—
1) [noun] the tree Cordia dichotoma (= C. myxa) of Boraginaceae family.
2) [noun] its plum used in making pickles.
3) [noun] another tree of the same family, Cordia obliqua.
4) [noun] its plum.
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Caḷḷa (ಚಳ್ಳ):—[noun] = ಚಳ್ಳೆ [calle].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCallā (சல்லா) noun < cēla. [Telugu: sella, K. śalla, M. śallā, Travancore usage śalle.]
1. Muslin; மெல்லிய துணிவகை. நடுச்சாமத்திலே சல்லாப்புடவை குளிர் தாங்குமோ [melliya thunivagai. naduchamathile sallappudavai kulir thangumo] (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு [thanippadarrirattu] i, 240, 2).
2. Thin mull of loose texture; இழை நெருக்கமில்லாத் துணி. [izhai nerukkamillath thuni.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+34): Calla lily, Calla nostrana, Calla palustris, Calla selvatica, Calla-gadda, Calladu, Callaeum antifebrile, Callagan, Callagarti, Callagay, Callai, Callaikkatuppu, Callakam, Callakamikakkoti, Callakamikam, Callakarti, Callakati, Callaki, Callakika, Callakikacceti.
Ends with: Common calla, Garden calla, Iravaicalla, Kancalla, Marsh calla, Puccalla, Ravaicalla, Samcalla, Tukkaccalla, Uccalla, Wild calla.
Full-text (+95): Challa, Salla, Shalya, Wild calla, Wild calla lily, Marsh calla, Calla lily, Challa mulaga, Challa gadda, Holeda challa, Iravaicalla, Water arum, Barma salla, Common calla, Bog arum, Calla selvatica, Calla nostrana, Common calla lily, White calla lily, Challa-gaddalu.
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