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Camellia Japonica
(gcide) | Japonica \Ja*pon"i*ca\, n. [NL., Japanese, fr. Japonia Japan.]
(Bot.)
A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of
Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other
genera have species of the same name.
[1913 Webster] |
Camellia Japonica
(gcide) | Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or
Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the
East.]
1. (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with
shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is
much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and
Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which
is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred
to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica)
with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white
double flowers.
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camellia japonica
(wn) | Camellia japonica
n 1: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy
fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
[syn: japonica, Camellia japonica] |
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