Canna

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various perennial tropical herbs of the genus Canna, having clusters of large showy flowers and including an edible variety.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
  • v. Contraction of can not; cannot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See cane, 4.
  • n. A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (Canna Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of reed-like plants, natural order Marantaceœ, several species of which are known by the name of Indian shot, from their round, shining, hard, heavy seeds.
  • n. The upright shaft or stem of any ornamental object or utensil, especially when of metal, as of a candlestick.
  • n. Eccles., the pipe or tube by which the sacred wine was taken from the chalice. See calamus, 4.
  • n. A linear measure in use in some parts of Italy.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of lepidopterous insects.
  • n. A name of the eland, Oreas canna.
  • n. Cotton-grass, a plant of the genus Eriophorum.
  • n. Cannot.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
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