Definition of Canna. Meaning of Canna. Synonyms of Canna

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Definition of Canna

Canna
Tous-les-mois Tous`-les`-mois", n. [F., all the months, i.e., every month.] A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
Canna
Canna Can"na, n. [It.] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
Canna
Canna Can"na, n. [L., a reed. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

Meaning of Canna from wikipedia

- Canna or canna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canna may refer to: Canna, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Morawa, Australia Canna,...
- Canna or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family Cannaceae, consisting of 10 species. All of the genus's species are native to the...
- Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, is a plant species in the family...
- Imatto-canna (also written Imatto canna or Jamatto canna) was a false ****anese syllabary reported by the German traveller Engelbert Kaempfer in his book...
- Georgia O'Keeffe made a number of Red Canna paintings of the canna lily plant, first in watercolor, such as a red canna flower bouquet painted in 1915, but...
- Canna tuerckheimii is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae. Its specific epithet tuerckheimii commemorates Hans von Türckheim...
- 10, 1968 in Shinagawa, Tokyo), better known by the stage name Nobutoshi Canna (神奈 延年, Kanna Nobutoshi), is a ****anese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator...
- Canna discolor also known as Achira in Colombia is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae, found naturally in the range from...
- Canna 'Musaefolia' is a cultivar in to the Foliage Group of Cannas. The cultivar was first described in the first work devoted to Canna, Le Canna, aut****d...
- This list of Canna cultivars is a gallery of named cultivars of plants in the genus Canna that are representative of the various Canna cultivar groups...