arum lily

Questions about arum lily

What does arum lily mean?

arum lily means "South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix".

What is another word for arum lily?

Close synonyms include calla lily, calla, Zantedeschia aethiopica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arum lily a common word?

arum lily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.