Zantedeschia
         n 1: calla lily [syn: {Zantedeschia}, {genus Zantedeschia}]

English Dictionary: Zantedeschia aethiopica	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zantedeschia aethiopica n South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix Synonym(s): calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zantedeschia rehmanii n calla having a rose-colored spathe [syn: pink calla, Zantedeschia rehmanii]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.)       (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also {zante}, and             {zante fustic}. See {Fustet}, and the Note under             {Fustic}.       (b) Satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zantiot \Zan"ti*ot\, n.       A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zenith \Ze"nith\ (?; 277), n. [OE. senyth, OF. cenith, F.       z[82]nith, Sp. zenit, cenit, abbrev. fr. Ar. samt-urras way       of the head, vertical place; samt way, path + al the + ras       head. Cf. {Azimuth}.]       1. That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is             vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens             directly overhead; -- opposed to {nadir}.                         From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A                      summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropped from                      the zenith, like a falling star.         --Milton.          2. hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the             greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.                         I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious                      star.                                                --Shak.                         This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And                      wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. --Mrs.                                                                               Barbauld.                         It was during those civil troubles . . . this                      aspiring family reached the zenith.   --Macaulay.          {Zenith distance}. (Astron.) See under {Distance}.          {Zenith sector}. (Astron.) See {Sector}, 3.          {Zenith telescope} (Geodesy), a telescope specially designed             for determining the latitude by means of any two stars             which pass the meridian about the same time, and at nearly             equal distances from the zenith, but on opposite sides of             it. It turns both on a vertical and a horizontal axis, is             provided with a graduated vertical semicircle, and a level             for setting it to a given zenith distance, and with a             micrometer for measuring the difference of the zenith             distances of the two stars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race             course.                         The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American                Association, the distance varies with the conditions of                the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best                two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats.                At that distance from the winning post is placed the                distance post. If any horse has not reached this                distance post before the first horse in that heat has                reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and                disqualified for running again during that race.          4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured             from front to rear; -- contrasted with {interval}, which             is measured from right to left. [bd]Distance between             companies in close column is twelve yards.[b8] --Farrow.          5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. --Shak.          6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the             representation of those objects which are the farthest             away, esp. in a landscape.          Note: In a picture, the          {Middle distance} is the central portion between the             foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a             perspective drawing, the          {Point of distance} is the point where the visual rays meet.          7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. --Locke.          8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future,             between two eras or events.                         Ten years' distance between one and the other.                                                                               --Prior.                         The writings of Euclid at the distance of two                      thousand years.                                 --Playfair.          9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence,             respect; ceremoniousness.                         I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the                      crown is due.                                    --Dryden.                         'T is by respect and distance that authority is                      upheld.                                             --Atterbury.          10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness;             disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.                         Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least                      distrust amongst themselves.            --Bacon.                         On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and                      distaste.                                          --Milton.          11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance             between a descendant and his ancestor.          12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance             of a fourth or seventh.          {Angular distance}, the distance made at the eye by lines             drawn from the eye to two objects.          {Lunar distance}. See under {Lunar}.          {North polar distance} (Astron.), the distance on the heavens             of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the             complement of the declination.          {Zenith distance} (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a             heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the             complement of the altitude.          {To keep one's distance}, to stand aloof; to refrain from             familiarity.                         If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he                      keeps his at the same time.               --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zenith \Ze"nith\ (?; 277), n. [OE. senyth, OF. cenith, F.       z[82]nith, Sp. zenit, cenit, abbrev. fr. Ar. samt-urras way       of the head, vertical place; samt way, path + al the + ras       head. Cf. {Azimuth}.]       1. That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is             vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens             directly overhead; -- opposed to {nadir}.                         From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A                      summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropped from                      the zenith, like a falling star.         --Milton.          2. hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the             greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.                         I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious                      star.                                                --Shak.                         This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And                      wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. --Mrs.                                                                               Barbauld.                         It was during those civil troubles . . . this                      aspiring family reached the zenith.   --Macaulay.          {Zenith distance}. (Astron.) See under {Distance}.          {Zenith sector}. (Astron.) See {Sector}, 3.          {Zenith telescope} (Geodesy), a telescope specially designed             for determining the latitude by means of any two stars             which pass the meridian about the same time, and at nearly             equal distances from the zenith, but on opposite sides of             it. It turns both on a vertical and a horizontal axis, is             provided with a graduated vertical semicircle, and a level             for setting it to a given zenith distance, and with a             micrometer for measuring the difference of the zenith             distances of the two stars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zoanthodeme \Zo*an"tho*deme\, n. [See {Zoantharia}, and {Deme}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zoanthoid \Zo*an"thoid\, a. [See {Zoantharia}, and {-oid}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.