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Meaning of CAMELLIA

Pronunciation:  ku'meelyu

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 Definition: [n]  any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
 
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 Synonyms: camelia
 
 See Also: bush, Camellia japonica, genus Camellia, japonica, shrub

 

 

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Camellia
Widowed, pregnant, and independent, Camellia clashes wills with the new town doctor who moved to this South Carolina town in search of peace and fulfillment, and the matchmaking members of the Garden Club have a plan to help them both.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \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}.
    
  2. \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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