Meanings
canna1
plural cannas
- Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.
2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 71 more example
Still, some of Mr. Cooper’s tender salvias are wintering over, and he plans to leave a few clumps of cannas in the ground next fall.
2007 January 18, Anne Raver, “Is It Spring? Winter? What’s a Flower to Think?”, in New York TimesSynonyms: canna lily
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- abbreviationclippingin compoundsslanguncountableClipping of cannabis.
No high holiday is complete without an appropriate spread of canna-accessories—and we’re talking about more than just a glasstastic collection of pipes and bowls.
2022 April 20, Brianna Wheeler, “The Five Best Cannabis Accessories Created by Local Femme-Identifying Artisans”, in Willamette Week, volume 48, number 24, Portland, OR: City of Roses Media Company, page 17
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- An island in the Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, joined to the island of Sanday by a bridge.
- A small town in the Shire of Morawa, Mid West region, Western Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
Origin
canna · noun
- Akkadian𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝
- Ancient Greekκᾰ́ννᾰ“reed”
- Latincanna“reed”
- translingualCanna
- Englishcanna
Borrowed from translingual Canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon, canal, and channel. Doublet of cane and kaneh.
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Full word history & related roots →canna · contraction
- Scotscannae
- Englishcanna
Borrowed from Scots cannae, can + -nae.
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Full word history & related roots →canna · noun
- Italiancanna
- Englishcanna
Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane and kaneh.
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- Latincāna“white”
- Scottish GaelicCanaigh
- EnglishCanna
From Scottish Gaelic Canaigh; further etymology uncertain. Speculatively equated with Ptolemy's Cana. Richmond and Crawford (1949) derive this from Latin cāna (“white”).
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Arabic قَنَّا
- قَنَّا (qannā)tropical plant of the genus Canna
Finnish kanna
- kannatropical plant of the genus Canna
German Blumenrohr
- Blumenrohrtropical plant of the genus Canna
Japanese 美人蕉
- 美人蕉 (bijinshō)tropical plant of the genus Canna
Polish paciorecznik, kanna
- pacioreczniktropical plant of the genus Canna
- kannatropical plant of the genus Canna
Russian ка́нна
- ка́нна (kánna)tropical plant of the genus Canna
Turkish kana çiçeği, kana
- kana çiçeğitropical plant of the genus Canna
- kanatropical plant of the genus Canna
Ukrainian ка́нна, ка́на
- ка́нна (kánna)tropical plant of the genus Canna
- ка́на (kána)tropical plant of the genus Canna
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
canna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canna
“canna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canna.
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