# Calantha

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**Calantha** is a name derived from the Ancient Greek καλός (kalós) meaning beautiful and ἄνθος (ánthos) meaning flower. According to [Wiktionary](/source/Wiktionary), the word can be used as an adjective as a specific epithet for plants with beautiful flowers.

Calantha may refer to:

## People

- [Calantha Sears](/source/Calantha_Sears), historian of [Nahant](/source/Nahant) and Nahant Historical Society founder[1][2][3]

## Fictional charaters

- Calantha, character in the novel *[Glenarvon](/source/Glenarvon)*
- Calantha, character in the tragedy *[The Broken Heart](/source/The_Broken_Heart)*

## Plant species

- *[Siparuna calantha](/source/Siparuna_calantha)*
- *[Inga calantha](/source/Inga_calantha)*
- *[Sorindeia calantha](/source/Sorindeia_calantha)*
- *[Palicourea calantha](/source/Palicourea_calantha)*
- *[Qualea calantha](/source/Qualea_calantha)*
- *[Acacia calantha](/source/Acacia_calantha)*
- *[Besleria calantha](/source/Besleria_calantha)*
- *[Maxillaria calantha](/source/Maxillaria_calantha)*
- *[Platystele calantha](/source/Platystele_calantha)*
- *[Rosa calantha](/source/Rosa_calantha)*
- *[Chloraea calantha](/source/Chloraea_calantha)*

## Other

- [Calantha (insecticide)](/source/Calantha_(insecticide)), a foliar insecticide[4][5]
- *[The Naughty Calantha](/source/The_Naughty_Calantha)*, story by [Aubrey Bowser](/source/Aubrey_Bowser)

## See also

- [Calanthe](/source/Calanthe)

## References

1. Mathias, Christopher R.; Turino, Kenneth; Turino, Kenneth C. (July 9, 1999). ["Nahant"](https://books.google.com/books?id=oZBcMMHy4J0C&pg=PA6&dq=calantha+sears&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoqNGezceSAxVXnCYFHTf-DXAQ6AF6BAgOEAM). Arcadia Publishing. – via Google Books.

1. Poling-Kempes, Lesley (September 17, 2015). ["Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest"](https://books.google.com/books?id=iMEeCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA321&dq=calantha+sears&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoqNGezceSAxVXnCYFHTf-DXAQ6AF6BAgIEAM). University of Arizona Press. – via Google Books.

1. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ten_Tales_of_Nahant_Give_Or_Take_a_Few/Gj87QwAACAAJ?hl=en](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ten_Tales_of_Nahant_Give_Or_Take_a_Few/Gj87QwAACAAJ?hl=en)

1. [https://www.scilit.com/publications/f943600abdaefe036842dddcb97458ec](https://www.scilit.com/publications/f943600abdaefe036842dddcb97458ec)

1. ["Validate User"](https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/116/2/456/7075013)

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