noun
definition
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
Examples of canna in a Sentence
This antelope is the Cape Hartebeest (Bubalis canna).
Steamers call at Eigg at regular intervals and less often at Rum and Canna.
In Canna, what are called petals are in reality metamorphosed stamens.
Sir Alex Ferguson said I canna be surprised, I was nearly like that myself.
Ye can dae whit ye lyke wi me â ye canna dae skaith til ma Saul.
A licht I canna thole is in the lift.
Ye can DAE whit ye lyke wi me â ye canna dae skaith til ma saul.
The foliage of some varieties is rich in Color, and planted with Canna, Wigandia, Ricinus, Solanum, the effect is good.
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An ' forward, tho ' i canna see, I guess an ' fear!
Traditionally most coco fiber is produced in Sri Lanka or thereabouts, with the most popular commercially available growing medium being Canna coco fiber is produced in Sri Lanka or thereabouts, with the most popular commercially available growing medium being Canna Coco.
The small isles lay sunbathing in the late afternoon sun, Canna playing hide-and-seek behind Rhum's big shoulders.
In some plants the nucellus is not thus absorbed, but itself becomes a seat of deposit of reserve-food constituting the perisperm which may coexist with endosperm, as in the water-lily order, or may alone form a food-reserve for the embryo, as in Canna.
Local weights and measures include the cantar, 175 lb; salm, one imperial quarter; cafiso, 42 gallons; canna, 6 ft.
The Inner Hebrides are much more scattered and principally include Skye, Small Isles (Canna, Sanday, Rum, Eigg and Muck), Coll, Tyree, Lismore, Mull, Ulva, Staffa, Iona, Kerrera, the Slate Islands (Seil, Easdale, Luing, Shuna, Torsay), Colonsay, Oronsay, Scarba, Jura, Islay and Gigha.
An instructive example of the similar destruction of a much younger platform is to be found in the terraced plateaus of Skye, Eigg, Canna, Muck, Mull and Morven, which are portions of what was probably originally a continuous plain of basalt.
In the 10th century Caine (Canna, Kalne) was the site of a palace of the West-Saxon kings.
It consists of the islands of Canna, Sanday, Rum, Eigg and Muck, lying, in the order named, like a crescent with a trend from N.W.
Canna (pop. 49), an island of basaltic rock, is situated about io m.
Sometimes, as in Canna, one of the anther-lobes becomes abortive, and a petaloid appendage is produced.