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Camellia : (noun)
1: any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: camelia]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.] (Hort.)
An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica) with glossy
evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Camellia : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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