About The Word Camellia
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Camellia
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What's The Definition Of Camellia?
[n] any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
Synonyms | Synonyms for Camellia: camelia Related Terms | Find terms related to Camellia: See Also | bush | Camellia japonica | genus Camellia | japonica | shrub Camellia In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit
who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.)
An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves
and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for
ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. 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}.
\Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica}) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. |
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