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Not a lily at all, just gorgeous enough to steal the name and the funeral.
means A striking flower with a single smooth, trumpet-shaped spathe (often white) wrapped around a central yellow spike, popular in weddings and funerals alike.
from From the genus name Calla, which traces to the Greek 'kallos,' meaning beauty — fittingly, since the plant is mostly admired for its looks. The botanical irony is that the true calla lily of florists belongs to the genus Zantedeschia (named for an 18th-century Italian botanist), not Calla at all, and neither is a real lily — so the 'lily' is borrowed glamour, layered on top of a borrowed name.
- identity theft
- Neither calla nor true lily, botanically speaking
- the white part
- It's a leaf, not a petal
- toxic beauty
- Whole plant poisons pets and people
- double duty
- Beloved at weddings and funerals alike
- native land
- Originally a South African swamp dweller
zantedeschia aethiopica — the white calla lily species native to south africa, most common in cultivation worldwide
georgia o'keeffe paintings — artist created over 6 calla lily paintings from 1927-1945, making them iconic in modern art