Meaning of CAMELLIA
| Pronunciation: | | ku'meelyu
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[n] any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers |
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CAMELLIA is a 8 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | camelia |
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| | See Also: | | bush, Camellia japonica, genus Camellia, japonica, shrub | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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